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Eden Project

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Eden Project Eden Project is a Multiple Greenhouse Complex built in Cornwell, UK built in 2000 by using stainless steel frame and hexagonal and pentagonal inflated plastic cells. The project consists of two separate artificial biomes built with three connected domes are built to maintain Tropical and Mediterranean climate, and an open outdoor biome represents the temperate and arid climate. The all the tree different biomes cover thousands of different  plant species brought from different regions of the world, the tropical biome being bigger in size than the Mediterranean one. The Eden Project is an ideal place for research and study of different plant species in one place and is a major tourist attraction. The whole project was designed by architect Nicolas Grimshaw and an engineering firm Antony Hunt & Associates. The Project was brought into existence by Tim Smith and Arup was the Service Engineer, Transportation Engineer, Economic Consultant and Environmental Eng...

Fisher Reserve Lion Safari

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Fisher Reserve Lion Safari U.P. Govt. (India) is soon to inaugurate the lion safari falling on the left side of your drive if you are heading to Etawah from Gwalior from the main Etawah-Gwalior road in Fisher Reserve Forest. The project was started in 2005 but was discontinued due to some political issues. The work resumed in 2012 and is off to completion soon. The safari is proposed to attract and facilitate a large number of tourists and is aided with a lot of facilities. There is one double entry and exit gate at the point, where the safari starts and ends in the southeast direction. One emergency exit gate is also provided as a safety measure. The roads are separately marked as Black Topped Road, Jeepable road, Display area road and Patrol path. There is a nice arrangement of number of street lights with 220 volt supply from the ingle transformer near the staff quarters which are constructed on the east of the safari. Around 20 towers with CCTV cameras and lights have also ...

Seven Wonders of the Underwater World

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Seven Wonders of the Underwater World Great Barrier Reef   Belize Barrier Reef   Galapagos Islands Palau   Hydrothermal Vents   Lake Baikal   Red Sea

Red Sea

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Red Sea Red sea is situated at the junction of Africa and Asia and is connected to the Indian Ocean through Gulf of Aden. The whole of the water in the Red Sea comes from the Indian Ocean. The regions around the sea are either arid or desert or semi desert due to which the sea water evaporates at a high rate and the salinity is very high. The average salinity of the Red Sea is 40% which is about 4 % more than the average of all salt water bodies of the earth since there are no rivers that drain freshwater into the sea. Red sea has formed due to the continental rift which is still active. The sea is 2250 km long in the Northwest of Indian Ocean, 355 km wide and 2211 m deep. Though the surface temperature of the sea is always higher than 20 0 C even in winters and has high evaporation rate and salinity, the sea supports a rich aquatic life with about 1000 invertebrates and about 200 soft and hard corals because of its depth. There are various theories suggesting the name of the...