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umm jimmar
<p>Umm Al-Jimāl is a rural settlement in northern Jordan that developed spontaneously from an earlier Roman settlement around the 5th century AD and continued until the end of the 8th century. It preserves basalt buildings from the Byzantine and early Islamic periods, reflecting the architectural style of the Hauran region, as well as some former Roman military buildings that were adapted for other uses by later inhabitants. The settlement is located in a vast agricultural landscape that also includes a complex water collection system that supported agriculture and animal husbandry. The earliest buildings excavated at Umm Al-Jimāl date from the 1st century AD, when the area was part of the Nabataean Kingdom. A rich collection of inscriptions in Greek, Nabataean, Safavid, Latin, and Arabic, spanning many centuries, provides a deep understanding of the local history and reveals the evolution of the inhabitants' religious beliefs. </p>
Iguazu National Park
The semicircular waterfall at the center of the site is about 80 meters high and 2,700 meters in diameter, located on the basalt line on the border between Argentina and Brazil. It consists of many waterfalls and splashes, making it one of the most spectacular waterfalls in the world. The surrounding subtropical rainforest has more than 2,000 species of vascular plants and is home to wildlife typical of the region: tapirs, giant anteaters, howler monkeys, ocelots, jaguars and caimans.
Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast
The Giant's Causeway is located at the foot of basalt cliffs on the coast at the edge of the Antrim Plateau in Northern Ireland. It consists of approximately 40,000 huge black basalt columns that protrude from the sea. This spectacular sight has inspired legends of giants crossing the sea to reach Scotland. Geological studies of these formations over the past 300 years have greatly advanced the development of earth science and have shown that this striking landscape was created by volcanic activity in the Tertiary Period, approximately 50-60 million years ago.
Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls
One of the most spectacular waterfalls in the world, the Zambezi River is more than 2 kilometres wide here, plunging through a series of basalt gorges, stirring up a rainbow of mist visible for more than 20 kilometres away.
Macquarie Island
Macquarie Island (34 km long and 5 km wide) is an island in the Southern Ocean, 1,500 km southeast of Tasmania, approximately midway between the Australian and Antarctic continents. The island is the exposed top of the submarine Macquarie Ridge, currently located at the junction of the Indo-Australian and Pacific plates. This is a site of great geological preservation significance, being the only place on Earth where rocks of the mantle (6 km below the seafloor) are actively exposed above sea level. These unique exposures include excellent examples of pillow basalts and other extrusive rocks.