The Wonders Of The World
Did you know there are seven continents?
They are Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America. AND, there are 195 countries. So many places in the world for us to explore!
Have you heard of the Wonders of the World?
These are places on Earth that are amazing, and sometimes unexplainable. There are Ancient Wonders, Natural Wonders, and Industrial Wonders all around us.
Want to discover?
Wherever you go, there is always something waiting to be learned. Our world is fascinating! So explore, discover, and understand our world…and your role in it.
Mount Everest
- A Natural Wonder of the World
- Part of a great mountain system called The Himalayas. Formed as a result of tectonic plate motion that collided India into Tibet.
- World’s highest mountain with a peak of 29,035 feet
- Nearly 60 million years old
- Grows about one-forth of an inch every year
The Great Pyramid of Giza
- An Ancient Wonder of the World
- World’s largest pyramid, at 481 feet high
- Built out of 2.3 million blocks of stones
- Built for Pharaoh Khufu
- The Sphinx is the oldest statue of the ancient world, shaped with the body of a lion and the head of a pharaoh
The Great Barrier Reef
- A Natural Wonder of the World
- The World’s largest reef system–1,250 miles long
- An intricate symbiotic ecosystem in the Coral Sea, home to millions of sea creatures
The Auroras
- A Natural Wonder of the World
- An electrical light show in the sky
- Caused by small particles from the sun that interact with Earth’s atmosphere
- When seen in the Northern hemisphere, called the Aurora Borealis
- When seen in the Southern hemisphere, called the Aurora Australis
The Panama Canal
- An Industrial Wonder of the World
- A man-made waterway that connects the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean, so that ships don’t have to sail all the way around South America
