A description of some attractions US

Contents:

• The beautiful nature of Lake Tahoe
• Most Mojave Desert
• Georgia Guidestones
• Niagara Falls
• Golden Gate Bridge

This lake is located on the border of California and Nevada. Tahoe in the United States is the second lake in depth. Attractions United States would have lost a lot, without having in its list of the beautiful lake.

Lake Tahoe in the summer you can have a good time doing water sports and in winter the slopes surrounding the lake are a great place for ski sports. South shore of the lake has long turned into a kind of capital of gambling, and if visitors want to play for money, the best place to play just did not find. The most popular is the casino «Caesars Tahoe». On the north shore lies the town of Tahoe City.
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The beautiful nature of Lake Tahoe

In the area of ​​the lake is located a lot of national parks, which are very popular among tourists. Among them «DL Bliss» - National Park, known for its many hiking trails shestimilnoy "Rubicon" and picturesque beaches, which are located on the shores of Emerald Bay. On the shores of the lake and there are plenty of resorts where you can relax with all the comforts.

Also on the Lake has all the conditions for fishing. For this purpose, it built a large fishing fleet. Due to Truckee and Jujube rivers that flow into the Tahoe, the lake a lot of different types of fish, both civilian and prey. This lake is an important subject and attractions of America.

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Most Mojave Desert

The Mojave Desert is located in the south-western United States, while it takes much of the south of California, southwestern Utah, southern Nevada, and northwestern Arizona.

The total area of ​​the desert - more than 35 000 sq. km. In the northeast of the desert is bordered by a large mountain range Texachapi, and in the southern part - to the ridges and the San Gabriel Bernardino. The boundaries of the ranges where marked clearly as they form two geological faults - the San Andreas and the Garlock. In the northern part of the desert is the Great Basin, and in the south - a hot desert of Sonora. It should be noted that in the desert can be found more than 2,000 species of plants.

On the territory of the Mojave National Preserve are of the same name, National Park, Joshua Tree, and the lowest and hottest place in the whole of North America - Death Valley, which is a national park. In Death Valley in July and August the temperature often rises to 50 ° C. On the border of the desert of Utah and the Great Basin National Park is Zion.

The Mojave Desert is very arid climate, but on the ground it has long cultivated a large number of alfalfa. Irrigated desert with the help of groundwater and the California Aqueduct.

In addition, in the Mojave can be found "ghost towns" that depopulated due to the construction of new highways bypassing those cities.

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Georgia Guidestones

Georgia Guidestones - the monuments that have long been called America's Stonehenge. This name confusion results from the fact that in another part of America landmark exists with same name. This monument is located in the state of Georgia, and it is decorated with a long inscription in eight languages.

This message includes the ten commandments of life. If the bypass construction, starting from the south clockwise, the first signs will be located in Russian, Chinese, Arabic and Hebrew, and then Hindi, Swahili, Spanish, English.

On top of the Georgia Guidestones is possible to read the inscriptions, which are made in four ancient languages: Sanskrit, the ancient Egyptian, Akkadian, and classical Greek.

Six granite slabs of the monument weigh more than 100 tonnes, while their height is six meters. All the plates were exposed to a monument according to astronomical events. Away from the main monument on the ground plate is made of stone, on which is written about the origin and purpose of the Tablets.

The central plate has a hole that allows you at any time of the year to see the North Star. Another hole in the "roof" of the monument adjusted to the solstices and equinoxes. Every day, a ray of sunlight penetrates through this hole, and at noon indicates the current day of the year on the central plate.

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Niagara Falls

This waterfall gets its name from the Niagara River, on which it is located. Niagara Falls is located between Lakes freshwater Erie and Ontario. These are the two lakes of the famous five Great Lakes of the United States. Falls captures the two countries, partially settling in Canada and in the United States. In the middle is divided Goat Island. Niagara Falls combines three separate waterfalls - Horseshoe Falls, the waterfall Fata and American Falls.

Niagara Falls is not high, but the volume of water flowing down its width and impressive. The height of the American Falls - 51 m, width - 330 m, height of Horseshoe Falls - 49 m, width -790 m. Veils Falls compared to the first two waterfalls is quite narrow, it resembles a wedding dress and is located close to the American Falls. These waterfalls shared a small island, which was named Silver. In this case, the main waterfalls - American and Horseshoe Falls.

After the news of the world-famous Victoria Falls, located in southern Africa, Niagara Falls is the second largest in the world.

A fifth of the fresh water reserves are concentrated in four Great Lakes - Lake Michigan, Lake Huron and Lake Erie and Superior. It is the water of the lakes and create the Niagara Falls. These lakes - the most visited attractions in the world.

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Golden Gate Bridge

Golden Gate Strait reunites the San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean, and cross this body of water is possible through the Golden Gate Bridge. More recently, the bridge was considered the most grandiose construction. Enumerating attractions United States, this bridge can be put on a par with the Statue of Liberty.

The name of the Golden Gate Bridge was back in 1937, when its construction was finished. Golden Gate length is 2737 m, and width - 27 m. The bridge is made of three parts, the length of the longest of which is 1280 m.

The creators have come up with for the construction of a truly appropriate name, since this bridge is really important, "arteries" of the city. In the morning, when the entire population of the city somewhere in a hurry, only the broad road strip in several rows contribute to successful travel without traffic jams and long waits. According to statistics, over the bridge for a day passes about 100 thousand. Cars.

Originally, the bridge was painted in brick red color, but because of the high humidity and salt air, its color very quickly begin to fade. About 40 painters constantly concerned that the Golden Gate is always looked good, because every year in the United States they come to see thousands of tourists.