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Frank Lloyd Wright is considered the most influential American architect of the 20th century. Fallingwater, one of Frank Lloyd Wright’s most widely acclaimed works, was designed in 1936 for the family of Pittsburgh department store owner Edgar J. Kaufmann. Built over a waterfall, it displayed Wright’s fascination with European modernism, nature and daring structures. The house is located halfway between the villages of Mill Run and Ohiopyle on Pennsylvania Route 381, USA. Driving time from Pittsburgh is about two hours. Over 2.7 million people have visited Fallingwater since it opened to the public in 1964.

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Glaciers, waterfalls, wild mountain streams, mountain lakes, Alpine moors, Alpine flora and traditional agriculture have made it into a high valley of spectacular beauty. Lauterbrunnen is a small unspoilt village in Switzerland nestled between the towering walls of a sheer-sided valley that is famed for its waterfalls. This Alpine valley - Lauterbrunnen is situated in the impressive glaciated valley with the beautiful mountain ranges of Jungfrau, Shilthorn, and Breithorn on its doorstep. It is the departing point to the famous car-free resorts of Wengen and Murren, as well as the Jungfraujoch -Top of Europe (the highest train station in Europe) and the Schiltorn/Piz Gloria (made famous by James Bond).

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Amicalola Falls State Park is an 829-acre (3.35 km) Georgia state park located between Ellijay and Dahlonega. The park’s name is derived from a Cherokee language word meaning “tumbling waters”. Amicalola Falls is in Dawsonville located in Dawson County Georgia. Amicalola Falls State Park has four groups of trails within it, including the trail leading up to the top of the waterfall. There is a $3 parking fee and the falls can be seen from the parking area. For best viewing you need to climb 175 steps to the first landing which gives excellent views close up. If you want to walk to the top it is another 475 steps, or you can drive to the upper parking area. There are many places along the walk up to take various pictures from different angles. This falls is some 700+ feet tall and is breathe taking to see.

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Mountain range Vitosha is the closest mountain range in the territory of Sofia, Bulgaria city. On 5 kilometers from the center of Boiana. The waterfall of Boiana stored a river a beautiful waterfall in the mountain range is most great. The Boiana river is below tame, but Up starts to rage on and be changed on an enormous waterfall.

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Ice climbing is the recreational activity of climbing ice formations such as icefalls, and frozen waterfalls. (Dry-tooling is climbing rock using the tools for ice climbing.) Depending on the slope and texture of the ice, different equipment and techniques can be employed by the climber. For example, on flat ice, almost any good hiking or mountaineering boot will usually suffice. On short, low angled slopes, one can use an ice axe to chop steps.
The first known ice climbing competition was organized in Courmayeur on the Brenva glacier in the year 1912. Maybe later there were some more events around the world and if somebody knows of any pls. send me mail about it.
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This photo of the frozen-over, 20 metres high Flame Mountain in Turufan, XinJiang province, China is very striking. What an amazing nature we have.

Hidden in a wilderness region, called the Gran Sabana, in Venezuela.
Angel Falls - spills from the Auyantepui into what is known as the Devil’s canyon 979 Meters below. The indigenous people call it Kerepakupai-merú but is was named Angel Falls after Jimmy Angel, an American bush pilot and gold-hunting adventurer, who discovered it in 1937. The waters fall freely some 807 meters (2,648 feet) and reach the bottom of the valley as a misty spray that gathers into a small creek which eventually finds its way into the north-bound Churun River.
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