Short articles for your coffee break
Built over 1300 years ago, the city of Shi Cheng (“Lion City”) is only accessible by experienced divers.
In order to create a lake for the Xin’an River Dam project in 1959, the valley was deliberately flooded. Located 400 km south of Shanghai, the ruins of the ancient city remain in the bottom of Qiandao Lake.
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Great Salt Lake is called the “American Dead Sea”.
Covering an area of around 1,700 square miles (4,400 km²), Great Salt Lake has a salinity that ranges from 5 to 27% depending on the lake’s level.
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Plitvice Lakes National Park located in Croatia is known for its amazing landscape.
The park consists of 16 large lakes linked by 92 waterfalls in the middle of a heavily forested area.
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