Built environments are environments that humans make and can change.

Natural environments are environments that humans do not make.

What are some natural environments?

Color the natural features green.

Color the built features red.

Chichen Itza

Located in Mexico.

Remains of the Mayan civilization who lived around 600 - 900 AD.

The site is made of hundreds of paved roads and dozens of stone buildings.

Christ The Redeemer

Quick Facts:

Located in Tijuca Forest National Park in Rio de Jeniero, Brazil.

It stands atop Corcovado mountain.

The tallest part stands at 130 feet tall (30m)

The statue is made of reinforced concrete and soapstone.

Construction took place from 1922 to 1931.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Y5MPbZ_B7E

ColosseumQuick Facts:

Located in the center of Rome, Italy.

It is an elliptical amphitheater and is the largest ever built in/by the Roman empire.

Construction started in 72 AD and was completed in 80 AD.

When opened it could seat 50,000 people.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaSbYIeqGWg

The Great Wall of China

Quick Facts:

Has been around for nearly 2500 years.

The wall is around 3,460km long.

It is the longest man made structure in the world.

The highest point of the wall is in Beijing, at Heita mountain reaching 5,033 feet.

Machu PicchuQuick Facts:

It is over 3,000

meters high. Believed to

have been made in 1400.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zk9J5xnTVMA

PetraQuick Facts:

Located in Jordan. Petra means ''rock'' in

Greek and Arabic. It's said to have been

around from before 106 AD.

Being made mostly of red sandstone, and with it's beauty and age, Petra earned the title ''A rose red city half as old as time'‘.

Taj MahalQuick Facts:

Located in India.

Construction began in 1632 and it was completed in 1653.

20,000 workers helped in the build.

The Great Pyramid of Giza

Quick Facts:

It is located in what is now El Giza, Egypt.

The pyramid is estimated to have some 2,300,000 stone blocks.

Amazon River and Rainforest

Quick Facts:

The second longest river in the world.

The Amazon and its tributaries flow through the countries of Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and Brazil before emptying into the Atlantic Ocean

6, 437 kilometers long. The rainforest produces

20% of the world’s oxygen.

Over 500 mammals, 175 lizards and over 300 other reptiles species, and one third of the world's birds live in the Amazon Rainforest.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYAZ3NWVgtc

Jeju IslandQuick Facts:

Jejudo is a volcanic island, 130 km from the southern coast of Korea. The largest island and smallest province in Korea, the island has a surface area of 1,846 sqkm.

A central feature of Jeju is Hallasan, the tallest mountain in South Korea and a dormant volcano, which rises 1,950 m above sea level. 360 satellite volcanoes are around the main volcano.

Halong BayQuick facts

Located in Northern Vietnam

There are nearly 2000 tall, rocky islands located in the bay Ha Long Bay means ‘Bay of the Descending Dragons’ and mythology says the islands were formed from the jewels and jade dropped from the mouth of dragons sent by the gods.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pX_O-y2Badk

Iguaza FallsQuick facts

The waterfall system consists of 275 falls along 2.7 kilometers (1.67 miles) of the Iguazu River.

Some of the individual falls are up to 82 meters (269 ft) in height.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtCBSx7TX_M

Puerto Princesa Underground River

Quick facts

Located in the Philippines.

It is a 8.2 km long underground river that flows directly into the sea.

Komodo IslandQuick facts

Located in Indonesia.

Home of the famous Komodo dragon.

Table MountainQuick facts

Table Mountain is named after its flat top.

Its peak stands 1,086m above sea level and overlooks the stunning Cape Town and Table Bay areas in South Africa.

Clouds often cover Table Mountain. These clouds sit flat over the mountain top forming the commonly called ‘table cloth’.

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