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Loch Ness is a large, deep, freshwater loch (the Scottish wordfor “lake”)in the Scottish Highlands extending for approximately 37 km southwest. Loch Ness is best known for the alleged sightings of the legendary Loch Ness Monster, also known as "Nessie”. Loch Ness is the second largest Scottish loch after Loch Lomond, but due to its great depth it is the largest by volume. It contains more fresh water than all the lakes in England and Wales combined.
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Natural Wonders of Great Britain (part 2)
White cliffs of Dover (Белые скалы Дувра)
The white cliffs of Dover are cliffs which form part of the British coastline facing the Strait of Dover and France. The cliffs are part of the North Downs formation. The cliff face owes its striking façade to its composition of chalk. Dover is an ancient and still important English port.The cliffs have great symbolic value for Britain because they face towards Continental Europe across the narrowest part of the English Channel, the white line of cliffs also forms the first or last sight of the UK for travellers.
Jurassic Coast (Побережье Юрского периода)
The Jurassic Coast is a World Heritage Site on the English Channel coast of southern England. The Jurassic coast was the second wholly-natural World Heritage Site to be designated in the United Kingdom.
Cheddar Gorge (Ущелье Чеддар)
The gorge is the site of the Cheddar show caves, where Britain's oldest complete human skeleton, Cheddar Man, estimated to be 9,000 years old, was found in 1903. The caves, produced by the activity of an underground river, contain stalactites and stalagmites.Cheddar Gorge, including the caves and other attractions (village stores and stalls, etc), has become a tourist destination. In a 2005 Cheddar Gorge was named as the second greatest natural wonder in Britain.
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