The Seven Wonders of the World embodies the indefatigable human spirit, their adroit endeavours and unflagging toil. The Ancient wonders are reminiscent of a world long lost; the Modern wonders represent the limitless boundaries of human skill and technology while the Natural wonders are proof of the many marvels in nature. Learn about the Seven Wonders of the World and get all the related facts through our comprehensive listing of informative sites.
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The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
 
The Great Pyramid of Giza
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
The Statue of Zeus at Olympia
The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
The Colossus of Rhodes
The Pharos of Alexandria
The Seven Natural Wonders of the World
 
Mount Everest
The Great Barrier Reef
The Grand Canyon
Victoria Falls
The Harbor of Rio de Janeiro
Paricutin Volcano
The Northern Lights
The Seven Underwater Wonders of the World
 
Palau
The Belize Barrier Reef
The Galapagos Islands
The Northern Red Sea
Lake Baikal
The Great Barrier Reef
The Deep Sea Vents
The Seven Wonders of the Medieval Mind
 
Stonehenge
The Colosseum
The Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa
The Great Wall of China
The Porcelain Tower of Nanjing
The Hagia Sophia
The Leaning Tower of Pisa
The Seven Wonders of the Modern World
 
The Empire State Building
The Itaipú Dam
The CN Tower
The Panama Canal
The Channel Tunnel
The North Sea Protection Works
The Golden Gate Bridge
The Seven Forgotten Natural Wonders of the World
 
Angel Falls
The Bay of Fundy
Iguaçú Falls
Krakatoa Island
Mount Fuji
Mount Kilimanjaro
Niagara Falls
The Seven Forgotten Modern Wonders of the World
 
The Clock Tower (Big Ben)
Eiffel Tower
The Gateway Arch
The Aswan High Dam
Hoover Dam
Mount Rushmore National Memorial
The Petronas Towers
The Seven Forgotten Wonders of the Medieval Mind
 
Abu Simbel Temple
Angkor Wat
Taj Mahal
Mont Saint-Michel
The Moai Statues
The Parthenon
The Shwedagon Pagoda
The Forgotten Wonders
 
The Aztec Temple
The Banaue Rice Terraces
The Borobudur Temple
The Inca City
The Statue of Liberty
The Mayan Temples
The Temple of the Inscriptions
The Throne Hall of Persepolis
Petra
The Suez Canal
The Sydney Opera House
The Red Fort in India

Great Barrier Reef

Great Barrier Reef has look almost like a wall of perpendicular rock rising out of the sea - only it is not rock; it is coral. The Great Barrier Reef lies underwater and has snared many ships, including Captain Cook's in 1770. Though being one of the world's longest natural wonders, it unfortunately is also the most fragile around. It is a sweeping 2,000 kms in length, spanning along the northeast coast of Australia. It covers an area of 344,000 square kms and is made up of the skeletons of marine polyps that lived and died there, so it is generally lime-based. Sometimes the Great Barrier Reef is as close as 50 kms to the coast.

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The Great Barrier Reef consists of more than 3000 reefs spanning from 1 hectare to 10,000 hectares in area and is mainly made up of coral. The reef, however, is not just about polyps - dead or alive - they are also large numbers of different forms of marine life. There are colorful and exotic fishes, countless shellfish and other fanciful creatures. It abounds in wildlife. The variety of marine life ranges from nearly microscopic fishes to that of the larger fishes like the whale and the sharks.
There are more than 1500 species of fish, 4000 types of mollusk and, because of the abundance of fish, the reef is also home to more than 200 species of birds. The Great Barrier Reef houses anything and everything that thrives in shallow warm water.
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It is also the only collection of organisms visible from Earth's orbit. It was declared a World Heritage in 1981. However, conditions like pollution, climatic change and various forms of human intrusion severely threaten its survival and continuance.

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