25 June 2022 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks , Environment , UNESCO World Heritage
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Clingman’s Dome Observation Tower, the highest point both in Tennessee and along the Appalachian Trail, in Great Smoky Mountains National Park © Scott Basford
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park is an American
national park in the
southeastern United States , with parts in
North Carolina and
Tennessee . The park straddles the ridgeline of the
Great Smoky Mountains , part of the
Blue Ridge Mountains , which are a division of the larger
Appalachian Mountain chain . The park contains some of the highest mountains in eastern North America, including
Clingmans Dome ,
Mount Guyot , and
Mount Le Conte . The border between the two states runs northeast to southwest through the center of the park. The
Appalachian Trail passes through the center of the park on its route from
Georgia to
Maine . With 14.1 million visitors in 2021, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the most visited national park in the United States.
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20 October 2021 | Author/Destination: Levant / Levante | Rubric: General , Union for the Mediterranean
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Ein Gedi Beach © Mboesch/cc-by-sa-4.0
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Ein Gedi (Arabic: Ain Jidy), also spelt En Gedi, meaning “spring of the
kid “, is an
oasis and a
nature reserve in
Israel , located west of the
Dead Sea , near
Masada and the
Qumran Caves . Ein Gedi was listed in 2016 as one of the most popular nature sites in the country. The site attracts about one million visitors a year.
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15 February 2021 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks
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Cyclops and Pee Wee Formations © Jarek Tuszyński/cc-by-sa-3.0
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Joshua Tree National Park is an American
national park in southeastern
California , east of
Los Angeles and
San Bernardino , near
Palm Springs . It is named for the Joshua trees (
Yucca brevifolia ) native to the
Mojave Desert . Originally declared a
national monument in 1936, Joshua Tree was redesignated as a national park in 1994 when the
U.S. Congress passed the
California Desert Protection Act . Encompassing a total of 790,636 acres (1,235.4 sq mi; 3,199.6 km²) – slightly larger than the state of
Rhode Island – the park includes 429,690 acres (671.4 sq mi; 1,738.9 km²) of designated
wilderness . Straddling
San Bernardino and
Riverside Counties, the park includes parts of two
deserts , each an
ecosystem whose characteristics are determined primarily by elevation: the higher Mojave Desert and the lower
Colorado Desert (including the
Coachella Valley ). The
Little San Bernardino Mountains traverse the southwest edge of the park.
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15 October 2015 | Author/Destination: Great Britain / Großbritannien | Rubric: General , Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks , UNESCO World Heritage
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Lake Windermere © geograph.org.uk – Mari Buckley
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The Lake District, also commonly known as The Lakes or Lakeland, is a mountainous region in North West England. A popular holiday destination, it is famous not only for its lakes and its mountains (or fells) but also for its associations with the early 19th century poetry and writings of William Wordsworth and the other Lake Poets.
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