After several days of silence, there are already published the 77 best rated natural wonders, one per country. In some cases, the proposals received more votes than the elected but were not well documented by the bureaucrats in charge of each country. A year ago I presented the complete list of proposals; here are some of our Hispanic environment, 36 to be specific…
South America
- Argentina: Perito Moreno, Glacier
- Colombia: Chicamocha Canyon
- Brasil: Fernando de Noronha, Archipelago
- Chile: Atacama Desert
- Perú: Colca Canyon
- Ecuador: Galapagos Islands, Archipelago
- Venezuela: Angel Falls
- Paraguay: The Koi and Chorori Hills
- Uruguay: Ombú Forest
- Bolivia: Laguna Colorada
Central America, here Guatemala is the great vacuum, which apparently did not officially document any of the proposals it had, although there were very good, the Atitlan Lake and the Pacaya volcano.
- Costa Rica: Cocos Island
- Guatemala: no reported
- Panamá: Bocas del Toro Archipielago
- Honduras: Platano, Forest
- El Salvador: Coatepeque Lake, Crater Lake
- Nicaragua: Ometepe Island
- Belice: Belize Barrier Reef
North America
- Mexico: Sumidero Canyon
- United States: Grand Canyon
- Canada: Dinosaur Provincial Park
West Europe
- Spain: Sierra Nevada, National Park
- Portugal: Douro, River/Valley
- France: Camargue, Marsh
- Andorra: Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley
Caribbean Sea
- Cuba: Vinales Valley
- Dominican Republic: Lake Enriquillo
- Puerto Rico: El Yunque Nature Conservancy Park
- Jamaica: Dunn’s River Falls
- Haití: Lake Azuei
Share for more than one country, in addition appears 7 proposals shared by various countries, one in North America, the rest in the south cone.
- United States / Canada: Niagara Falls
- Argentina / Chile: Tierra del Fuego, Archipelago
- Argentina / Chile: Fitz Roy, Mountain peak
- Argentina / Brasil: Iguazu Falls
- Brasil / Guyana / Venezuela: Mount Roraima
- Brasil / Bolivia / Paraguay: Pantanal, National Park
- Bolivia / Brasil / Colombia / Ecuador / Guyana Francesa / Guyana / Perú / Surinam / Vene: Amazon, River/Forest
In case of the American continent, these are the categories:
- 9 lakes
- 9 marine areas
- 8 islands
- 7 national parks
- 5 valleys
- 4 mountains
- 3 water falls
- 3 volcanoes
- 2 forests
- 1 cave
- 1 landscape
- 1 rock formation
- 1 ice formation
The photo on the right is the Perito moreno glacier, Argentina. It has 250 km2 of ice formation.
Now we can proceed with the vote, from these 77 proposals will be selected 21 finalists on July 7 2009. So … it’s time to vote.