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Dear visitor:
Help Bolivia to promote Bolivia´s natural wonders in the world contest
organized by NewOpenWorld Foundation. Bolivia is very rich in natural
wonders. We are in nominated in 7 wonders:
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Salar de Uyuni, Salt Flat
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Madidi, National Park
- Lake Titicaca, Lake
- Laguna Colorada, Lake
- Ulla Ulla National Reserve, National Park
- Amazon River, River/Forest
- Pantanal National Park, National Park
We are on the race with 5 nominations in the first 66 places.
Please make your nomination entering the web site www.natural7wonders.com
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Madidi. It is one of the most important protected areas of the world,
due to it high population of wildlife and unspoiled nature.
It´s been cataloged by the National Geographic as one
of the 20 top touristic destinations of the world. 1230 animal
species and 1868 plants live in this place. (www.visitbolivia.org ) Vote now for Madidi, National Park
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Salar de Uyuni.
Is the world's largest salt flat at 10,582 km². (4,085 square miles).
Some 40,000 years ago, the area was part of Lake Minchin, a giant
prehistoric lake. When the lake dried, it left behind two modern lakes,
Poopó and Uru Uru, and two major salt deserts, Salar de Coipasa and the
larger Uyuni.
Salar de Uyuni is estimated to contain 10 billion tons of salt. It is
located in the southwest of Bolivia, near the crest of the Andes, 3,650
meters high. The major minerals found in the salar are halite and
gypsum. Vote now for Lake Titicaca, Lake
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Lake Titicaca.
Sits 3,812 m above sea level making it the highest commercially
navigable lake in the world. By volume of water it is also the largest
lake in South America. The lake is located at the northern end of the
endorheic Altiplano basin high in the Andes on the border of Peru and
Bolivia. It is composed of two nearly separate sub-basins that are
connected by the Strait of Tiquina which is 800m across at the
narrowest point. Vote now for Lake Titicaca, Lake |
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Laguna Colorada,
is a shallow salt lake in the southwest of the altiplano of Bolivia and
close to the border with Chile. The lake contains borax islands, whose
white color contrasts nicely with the reddish color of its waters,
which is caused by red sediments and pigmentation of some algae. Vote now for Laguna Colorada, Lagoon |
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Ulla Ulla National Reserve,
is a biosphere reserve located in the Franz Tamayo Province in western
Bolivia. The Reserve is on the high Andean plain northwest of the city
of La Paz, with an average altitude of over 4000 meters about sea
level. The park is about 2,000 km² in size, is populated by about
12,000 people, most of them of Aymara origin, and is also the home of
the Andean Condor, the largest flying bird in the world. Vote now for Ulla Ulla National Reserve, National Park
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Amazon River.
The South American Amazon is the largest river in the world by volume,
with a total flow greater than the top ten rivers worldwide combined.
It accounts for approximately one-fifth of the total world river flow
and has the biggest drainage basin on the planet. Not a single bridge
crosses the Amazon. Amazon River begins in BOLIVIA. Vote now for Amazon River, River/Forest
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Pantanal National Park. The Pantanal is the world’s largest wetland area, a flat landscape,
with gently sloping and meandering rivers. The region is situated
mostly within the Brazilian states of Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do
Sul. In total, the Pantanal covers about 150,000 square kilometers. The
Pantanal floods during the wet season, submerging over 80% of the area,
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