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Well known parks/lakes/green areas. |
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 | The Eden Project is a visitor attraction in the United Kingdom, including the world's largest greenhouse. Inside the artificial biomes are plants that are collected from all around the world. The project is located in a reclaimed Kaolinite pit, located 2 kilometers (1.25 mi) from the town of St Blazey and 5 kilometres (3 mi) from the larger town of St Austell, Cornwall.
The complex compri... |  | 11/15/2005 | 420 | 
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 | Florida`s Finest Natural Attraction |  | 11/07/2005 | 189 |
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 | A wonderful garden in thailand. Into a square of water. |  | 11/06/2005 | 391 |
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 | Located in Tulsa, OK. LaFortune Park has a running track, 18 hole golf course, Par 3 golf course, public pool, tennis courts and baseball fields. |  | 11/02/2005 | 149 |
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 | This data contains all New Zealand Lakes, it's a subset of the NZ Place Name data base sourced from www.linz.govt.nz. Given the fairly low accuracy of their lat/long positions it may not be totally accurate.
New Zealand Places
This data is sourced from the NZ Geographic Place Names Database (http://www.linz.govt.nz/rcs/linz/pub/web/root/core/Placenames/SearchPlaceN... | | 11/01/2005 | 436 |
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 | Bow Lake, in the Canadian (Albertan to be precise) Rockies. In Glorious Random High-Definition.
This lake is fed by the glaciers next to it, and that water flows down the mighty Bow River (Named so because the Natives used the trees nearby to make bows), and eventually ends up in the Hudson Bay, but not after stopping through many cities and towns, including Calgary, Alberta. |  | 10/30/2005 | 301 |
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 | Lake Sarez - deep in the Pamir mountains of Tajikistan, was created 90 years ago when a strong earthquake triggered a massive landslide that, in turn, became a huge dam along the Murghob River, now called the Usoi Dam. | | 10/27/2005 | 234 |
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 | Dongting Lake, China's second-largest freshwater lake, is located in northeastern Hunan Province. It is a large, shallow body of water surrounded by mountain chains. It is also known as 'eight- hundred Li Dong Ting Lake' (The Li is a Chinese length unit equal to 500 meters or about 1,640 feet). An impressive characteristic of the lake is it is inter-nested. | | 10/26/2005 | 239 |
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 | Parque Fernando Costa - S.Paulo - Brazil | | 10/23/2005 | 129 |
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 | The Wynnum Wading Pool opened in 1932. At high tide it fills with seawater which is retained by closing valves along the sea-wall. Not very deep it is so its ideal for kids. |  | 10/23/2005 | 200 |
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 | Parque Zoologico de S.Paulo - Brazil. Built in 1957 | | 10/19/2005 | 178 |
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 | Botanical Garden Berlin, Germany
A 42 hectare botanical garden with over 18,000 species of plants. The oldest botanical garden in Germany was founded by the king in the 17th century as a place to grow medicinal plants and vegetables, The garden fell into decay and was restored after 1801 by the botanist Carl Ludwig Willdenow. | | 10/18/2005 | 237 |
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 | Adelaide Botanic Gardens South Australia. The Adelaide Zoo is located in the same place. | | 10/17/2005 | 188 |
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 | Wollemi National Park. New South Wales. In 1994, a bush walker found what he thought was an unusual tree, the now famous Wollemi Pine, Wollemia nobilis, has somehow managed to hang on since the days that dinosaurs walked the land. The location has been kept secret but cuttings were taken and propergated and commercial release of the plant is scheduled for 2006. | | 10/17/2005 | 149 |
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 | Three kilometres to the southwest of Banska Stiavnica is Lake Pocuvadlo, a delightful spot for a swim offering perfect refreshment on hot summer days. | | 10/17/2005 | 179 |
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 | Paranapiacaba is a very little english village, near São Paulo city, in Brazil. Its located in the middle of the Paranapiacaba Natural Park, in the rainforest. Come to meet Paranapiacaba, this beautiful victorian style touristic village.
http://portaldeparanapiacaba.com.br
(sorry, it is in portuguese) | | 10/14/2005 | 177 |
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 | Cekmece lakes system.
Istanbul is a city in two continents and a classic migration bottleneck where many thousands of migrant birds from Europe pass into the Middle East.Buyuk Cekmece Golu is a good site for migrants and wintering birds. | | 10/13/2005 | 196 |
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 | Central Park in New York City. |  | 10/11/2005 | 456 |
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 | This is Lake Okechobee in the center of Florida. | | 10/11/2005 | 205 |
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 | This is Phoenix Park the largest walled in park in Europe. | | 10/11/2005 | 208 |
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 | This is a safari park in zambia notice the runway[long white strip near water]. | | 10/10/2005 | 260 |
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 | The National Parks of Brazil - Parques Nacionais Brasileiros | | 10/09/2005 | 497 |
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 | 1421 lakes (tso) up to 1 km in Tibet.
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 | Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, Australia. |  | 10/07/2005 | 169 |
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 | In 1967 Harold Holt, the Australian Prime Minister disappeared, presumed drowned, while swimming near Portsea, Victoria. What type of memorial would you build for someone who drowned? A swimming pool, of course. A genuine tribute or a macabre gesture by an official with a sick sense of humour, we'll never know. | | 10/07/2005 | 160 |
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