The Natural Wonders of the World : Thoughts on Language and Culture in the Classroom

Preface 14(24) EUROPE 24(64) Iceland 30(6) Norway's Fjords 36(2) Finland's Lakes Region 38(4) England's Lake District 42(2) The West Coast of Ireland 44(6) The Black Forest 50(2) The Alps 52(10) France's Mediterranean Coast 62(4) Corsica 66(4) Sardinia 70(4) Tuscany 74(4) Donana National Park, Spain 78(2) The Greek Islands 80(8) ASIA 88(36) Cappadocia, Turkey 92(2) The Sinai Desert 94(6) The Negev and the Dead Sea, Israel 100(6) The Band-I-Amir Lakes, Afghanistan 106(2) The Himalayas and Karakoram 108(12) Borneo 120(4) AFRICA 124(52) The Nile River 130(4) The Sahara Desert 134(8) The Red Sea 142(4) Mount Kilimanjaro 146(2) Ngorongoro, Serengeti and Nation Lake 148(10) Lake Victoria and Rubondo Island 158(4) The Ruwenzori and Virunga Mountains 162(4) Victoria Falls 166(2) The Namib Desert 168(6) The Seychelles Islands 174(2) NORTH AMERICA 176(56) The Canadian Arctic and Greenland 180(8) Mount McKinley and Denali National Park 188(6) Jasper and Banff National Parks, Canada 194(6) Yellowstone National Park 200(6) The Canyolands of the American Southwest 206(12) Yosemite National Park 218(4) California's Extraordinary Coast 222(4) The Everglades 226(4) Niagara Falls 230(2) CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA 232(52) The Caribbean 236(8) Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica 244(4) Angel Falls, Venezuela 248(2) The Amazon River and Its Rainforest 250(4) Manu Biosphere Reserve, Peru 254(4) The Galapagos Islands 258(4) Iguacu Falls 262(2) The Andes 264(8) Antarctica 272(12) THE SOUTH SEAS 284(35) Australia's Pinnacles Desert 288(2) Ayers Rock 290(4) The Great Barrier Reef 294(6) New Zealand's Alps 300(4) The Palau Islands 304(4) French Polynesia 308(4) Hawaii Volcanoes National Park 312(7) Photographic Credits 319