The Great Rift Valley also known as the East African Rift Valley is a geological work of wonder. It was first named the Great Rift Valley by John Walter Gregory a British explorer that named it in the late 1800s. This massive trench is around 3,700 miles and is located at a tectonic plate bounda
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How was the Grand Canyon Made? The Grand Canyon is one of the Seven Wonders of the World. It is a massive canyon made of red rock that is located in northern Arizona. The Grand Canyon was made by the Colorado River that still sits at the bottom of the canyon. This river has run […]
The Victoria Falls is a very beautiful waterfall in South of Africa, situated on the Zambezi River and is at the border of the two countries Zambia and Zimbabwe. Few interesting facts about the Victoria Falls are: Width: 1708 metres Height: 108 metres Naming: The Kololo tribes first described it “
The great Himalayas are a mountain range that encompasses quite a big part of the South of Asia and separates the Indo-Gangetic plains from the large Tibetan Plateau. There are 9 out of the 10 highest peaks in the whole world that are present in the Himalayas. Mount Everest, which is the highest pea
Rainbows are a majestic and awe-inspiring creation of nature that gives the sky an extraordinary look of luminescence and aura. The Rainbow, if spoken from scientific knowledge, is actually a meteorological phenomenon. A rainbow is created due to the effect of reflection, refraction as well as dispe
A volcano is great natural wonder that the world has to offer. Volcanoes at first sight look nothing like but a mountain. The only difference between a mountain and a volcano is the mouth or the peak of both. A volcano has an open peak whereas a regular mountain has closed one. The open peak [&hel
Deserts are never ending land of sand and are considered a great attraction of the world. There are many such deserts that exist in this world, Sahara desert (Kalahari Desert) being the largest among all. A desert is a barren land that receives very little to almost nil precipitation and living cond
August 19,2015
Unwanted Insects, natural fly repellent ideas for Kids
Are you afraid of that cockroach that sneaks out from under your bed or from the kitchen closet and flies straight to you? Do you hate being bit by those buzzing mosquitoes? Those unhygienic houseflies keep troubling you when you sit for a snack in the open, right? We are simple surrounded by numero
Mother Earth has so much to offer to us that if we look around we can get anything that we need to sustain our lives. Natural wonders of the world are something that is worth studying. The biological science that runs in an around us is so amazing. A natural wonder can be just around […]
There are numerous types of spiders all around us. Arachnids are nothing but a class of spiders, mites, ticks, harvestmen and their related species which also includes scorpions. Arachnids are eight legged insects that do not have antennae. The arachnids have their bodies separated into two sections