If you see fireworks bursting in the sky, you might say, “Oh!” And if
you see a litter of puppies, you might say, “Ah!”
Other times you might feel like saying “Oh” or “Ah” are when you see
certain places in the world—the river with enough water to cover a
country, the building so high that you can make shadow pictures on the
clouds it pokes through, the volcano that grew up in a farmer’s field,
and the ocean of sand that once may have been an ocean of water.
You can find out about these places on the next few pages.
WHAT A RIVER!
Many smaller rivers join the mighty Amazon as it nears the Atlantic Ocean. > The Amazon River is so wide, the people living in this village can > hardly see the other side. The Amazon River is…
SHOWER FOR A GIANT OR TWO
The Niagara Falls are two falls. The American Falls are on the left in this picture, and the Horseshoe Falls in Canada are on the right. Niagara Falls would be a great place for a giant to take a…
GREAT GUSHING GEYSERS!
A geyser shoots water like a fountain. But a geyser shoots steaming hot water from a hole deep in the ground. Some geysers shoot water high into the air. Others just bubble up from the ground. Some…
THE ROYAL GORGE WAR
Long ago, two railroad companies had a fight about a big ditch in the Rocky Mountains. The big ditch is in Colorado, and its name is the Royal Gorge. It used to be that the only way to get to the…
