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PC: John Wiley The Legendary San Andreas Fault is at least 10 miles (16 km) deep and runs for some 800 miles (1,280 km) through western and southern California. The fault is caused by the meeting and shifting of the Pacific and ...

The bay in south-eastern Canada is famous for its extraordinary tidal range. Spring tides, a couple of days after the new moon, can reach as much as 16m (53 ft) in Minas Basin, as 100 billion tonnes of water surge towards ...

In search of 'Guano' (bird dung) deposits (used commercially as fertilizers), a British geologist stumbled upon huge cave openings in Malaysia's Mulu's limestone hills, and little did he know his records and notes would lead to the finding of the World's ...

In the land of Four Corners, where Utah, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico meet, geological extravaganzas are the norm - hence many national parks and monuments dot the map. Even among these, the Canyon de Chelly (pronounced 'de Shay') is special ...

The river - Indus, which paved the way for one of the oldest civilisations in the world takes its title from the Sanskrit word 'Sindhu', implying 'defender'. However, it was far-famed in ancient Hindu mythology as the Lion River. Not until ...

Breeze-blown golden sand envelops the Taklamakan Desert in mainland China all throughout the year. Sand dunes ascend as high as 950ft (286m), and currents reach storm force, they blow up sand walls and are four times as high. The word 'Taklamakan' ...

Yellow Mountain, lying to the south of the Yangtze River, is a vista from the world of make-believe. Sheer walls of rock ascend from soft folds of cloud and mist. Hither and thither - lanky pines extend out from improbable toeholds ...

Nature's symmetry is something we take for granted in flowers, insects and the face of a tiger, for example. In geology, however, it is rarer and its occurrence is something to marvel at. In a Giant's Causeway, Nature has spectacularly revealed ...

Marshes crisscrossed by countless river channels, scrubland dense with rockroses, and dunes of glistening white lie side by side in a remarkably varied tract of wilderness in southern Spain. Together with pine woods, lakes and cork oak groves, they make up ...

If you're a wine lover, you know how difficult it can be to find that perfect bottle. There are so many variables to consider: what kind of wine will suit your palate? Where do you want to drink it? How much ...

In the 7th century, Du Fu, a prominent Chinese poet of the Tang Dynasty, depicted the gateway to the gorge around the Yangtze River as the haven where all the water bodies of Sichuan province combated to gain entrance. The water ...

From a forest vantage point beside the exquisite view of the lake, there are strips of cloth or ribbons tied to the tree branches. Travellers and wanderers who tie or hook them there make a lasting wish to return ...