Tiya is an archaeological site in central Ethiopia. It is located in the Soddo woreda, in the Gurage Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region, which is south of Addis Ababa. The site is best known for its large stone pillars, many of which have some form of decoration.
Tikal (pronounced /t i ˈkɑː l/; Tik’al in modern Mayan writing) is the remains of an ancient city, which was probably called Yax Mutal, located in a rainforest in Guatemala. It is one of the largest places studied by archaeologists and was an important city for the Maya people before the arrival of Europeans. Tikal is in the Petén Basin area, now part of the Petén Department in northern Guatemala.
Chogha Zanbil is an ancient Elamite site located in the Khuzestan province of Iran. It is one of the few remaining ziggurats found outside of Mesopotamia. The site is about 30 kilometers (19 miles) southeast of Susa and 80 kilometers (50 miles) north of Ahvaz.
The Sundarbans is a mangrove forest located in the Ganges Delta, where the Ganges, Brahmaputra, and Meghna Rivers meet in the Bay of Bengal. It covers an area from the Hooghly River in India’s West Bengal state to the Baleswar River in Bangladesh’s Khulna Division. The region includes closed and open mangrove forests, farmland, mudflats, and barren land, and is crossed by many tidal streams and channels.
Sukur, also known as the Sukur Cultural Landscape, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located on a hill above the village of Sukur in Adamawa State, Nigeria. It is found in the Mandara Mountains, near the border with Cameroon. The site was added to the UNESCO list because of its cultural heritage, material culture, and naturally terraced fields.
The Srebarna Nature Reserve (Bulgarian: Природен резерват Сребърна, written in the Bulgarian language as Priroden rezervat Srebarna) is a protected area in northeastern Bulgaria (Southern Dobruja), near a village with the same name. It is located 18 kilometers (11 miles) west of Silistra and 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) south of the Danube River. The reserve includes Lake Srebarna and the land around it.
Socotra, also known as Saqatri, is an island in Yemen located in the Indian Ocean. It is positioned between the Gulf of Aden, the Guardafui Channel, and the Arabian Sea, and is near important shipping routes. Socotra is the largest island in the Socotra archipelago, making up about 95% of the total land area of the group.
The Serengeti National Park is a large national park in northern Tanzania. It covers an area of 14,763 km² (5,700 sq mi) and is located in the eastern Mara Region and northeastern Simiyu Region. The park includes over 15,000 km² (5,800 sq mi) of untouched grasslands.
The San Agustín Archaeological Park (Spanish: Parque Arqueológico de San Agustín) is a large area with many ancient ruins near the town of San Agustín in the Huila Department of Colombia. It has the largest collection of religious monuments and large stone statues in Latin America and is considered the world’s largest burial site. The park is part of the San Agustin culture and was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1995.
Salonga National Park (French: Parc National de la Salonga) is a national park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is located in the Congo River basin and covers about 36,000 square kilometers, or 3,600,000 hectares (8,900,000 acres). This makes it Africa’s largest tropical rainforest reserve.