In pictures - 10 places you must visit before they disappear

2013-06-25 2013-06-25T15:55:32Z

ArabiaWeather.com - Omar Dajani - Due to the unstudied human activity, nature and the environment around us suffer from incalculable severe consequences, to the extent that some of the places that adorn our planet may no longer exist as we know them, and may disappear completely. Here are the top 10 recommended places to visit because of the chance of them disappearing from existence in the future: 1) Maldives: These islands are located at a height of only two or three meters from sea level, which makes them the lowest country on the entire globe. And the increasing melting of ice from the poles causes a slow but increasing rise in sea level, which will lead to the disappearance of this country from existence. <img alt="" src="/contents/sites/default/files/editor/images/Maldives_aerial_sh_2407134b.jpg" style="height:375px; width:600px" /> 2) The Everglades region in Florida - USA Agricultural activity, water diversion, and irrigation canals threaten this famous water area in America, and the size of the area has shrunk by 50% since 1900. <img alt="" src="/contents/sites/default/files/editor/images/everglades-inlets_2026_600x450.jpg" style="height:450px; width:600px" /> 3) Olympia - Greece The Olympia region, which hosted the first Olympic Games in history thousands of years ago, suffers from the danger of disappearance due to the increasing forest fires in the region due to the intensification of the summer heat and the increasing dryness of the weather in the region. <img alt="" src="/contents/sites/default/files/editor/images/temple-of-zeus-was-built-between-470-bc-and-456-bc-olympia-greece+12922848619-tpfil02aw-12935.jpg" style="height:450px; width:600px" /> 4) Valley of the Kings - Egypt The active tourist movement and the proliferation of algae and mold on the surfaces of the monuments are working on the gradual disappearance of the features of the inscriptions and antiquities, as it is expected that these inscriptions will disappear during the next 150 years. <img alt="" src="/contents/sites/default/files/editor/images/Valley of the Kings Travel.jpg" style="height:450px; width:600px" /> 5) Venice, Italy This floating city on the water is at risk of drowning, as a result of the rising water level and the increasing flood waves <img alt="" src="/contents/sites/default/files/editor/images/Venice_BIG.jpg" style="height:400px; width:600px" /> 6) The Dead Sea - between Jordan and occupied Palestine This salty sea, with good water for the treatment of many diseases, suffers from the danger of disappearance due to evaporation, as a result of successive years of drought and the diversion of water from its main tributary (the Jordan River) to the occupied lands for irrigation purposes. A third of this sea has disappeared over the past 40 years <img alt="" src="/contents/sites/default/files/editor/images/Dead Sea - Minerals.jpg" style="height:450px; width:600px" /> 7) The North and South Poles: The ice volume on the North and South Poles has decreased by 3% over the last 40 years. <img alt="" src="/contents/sites/default/files/editor/images/npole.jpg" style="height:480px; width:600px" /> 8 ) The Great Barrier Reef - Australia : The age of this great barrier reef is approximately 18 million years old, and it can be seen from space, and it is being rapidly eliminated due to high temperatures and pollution caused by humans. <img alt="" src="/contents/sites/default/files/editor/images/great-barrier-reef-aerial-view_28007_600x450.jpg" style="height:450px; width:600px" /> 9) Taj Mahal - India This world-famous landmark suffers from the erosion of the stones used in its construction and the erosion of the wooden foundations that lie beneath it. Some experts say that it may collapse within the next 10 years. <img alt="" src="/contents/sites/default/files/editor/images/taj-mahal.jpg" style="height:450px; width:600px" /> 10) Amazon forests : It is the location of 20% of the creatures that live on earth, including birds, animals, insects and plants, and more than 600,000 square kilometers of these forests have been destroyed during the last 30 years. <img alt="" src="/contents/sites/default/files/editor/images/tumblr_m6auy7DUdr1r61ju5o1_12801.jpg" style="height:450px; width:600px" /> <a href="http://bit.ly/1aH2EzW">In pictures: the discovery of an underground forest in the Saudi desert</a> <a href="http://bit.ly/1cd9N96">Pictures: The moon is getting bigger and stealing the attention of people around the world</a> <a href="http://bit.ly/14V5qyY">In pictures - the 10 largest disasters caused by man to himself</a>

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.

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