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Friday, 8 November 2013

The Incredible Magdeburg Water Bridge in Germany

Water bridges structures are that carry navigable waterway canals over other rivers, valleys, railways or roads. It is uncommon concept in the world and this helps in small ships and boats ply on these waterways. The most famous water bridge is the Magdeburg Water Bridge in Germany, the longest and the most impressive in the world. The Magdeburg Water Bridge is a navigable aqueduct in Germany that attaches the Elbe-Havel Canal to the Mittelland Canal, and let ships to cross over the Elbe River. At 918 meters, it is the longest navigable aqueduct in the world. The Elbe-Havel and Mittelland canals had in the past met near Magdeburg but on opposite sides of the Elbe. Ships moving between the two had to make a 12 KM detour, descending from the Mittelland Canal through the Rothensee boat lift into the Elbe, and then sailing downstream on the river, before entering the Elbe-Havel Canal through Niegripp lock. Low water levels in the Elbe often prevented fully laden canal barges from making this crossing, requiring time-consuming off-loading of cargo. The construction of the water link was begun in the early 1930s but due to the World War II and subsequent division of Germany the constructions remained suspended till 1997. The bridge took six years to build at a heavy cost of about half a billion euros, and will enable river barges to avoid a lengthy and sometimes unreliable passage along the Elbe. The stunning aqueduct was finally completed and opened for public in 2003.

Friday, 1 November 2013

Hydropolis Underwater Hotel, Dubai

If you wanted to see most thrilling and exciting views then Underwater Hotel Dubai is finest place for you. Around the world, it is one of the most exclusive, hotels that offer world class accommodations. It is also famous for the biggest and expensive construction with a state of art facilities as well as features. Staying at the hotel is indeed a very memorable experience that you could treasure in your whole life. It is a very expensive hotel yet it is one of the most rewarding hotels to stay in. Hydropolis Underwater Hotel is a beautiful concept for your summer vacation. Indeed this is unique & luxurious concept under the sea and first such megaproject in the world.

This fabulous Hydropolis Underwater hotel has several places for your perfect holiday, as it sees the real sea beauty under beneath the sea. Above you may have the sea view which is very remarkable and sight the sun sink. The Hydropolis Underwater Hotel is situated 30 meters below the surface of the Persian Gulf off the coast of Jumeirah in Dubai. Tourists will be greeted by the underwater exquisiteness and recreation under the water. This Hotel is one of the largest modern construction projects worldwide and has 261 hectares.

The Hotel was built in June of 2010. The Hotel has Bar, Restaurant, wedding receptions and conferences. The hotel is separated into three interesting and distinctive areas. All of those areas are exceptional and holds something that will really catch everyone’s attention. One of the hotels distinctive parts is the land station. It is a huge tunnel that linked to the main area of the hotel. Tourists are warmly welcomed sincerely and entertained at this area. By means of train, people are transported from the land station to the main area. This megaproject hotel’s & resort was designed by Prof. Roland Dieterle that would have been the world's first underwater luxury resort. It was planned to be situated 66 feet below the surface of the Persian Gulf off Jumeirah Beach in Dubai, and projected to cost $300 million to construct. It is explained that there is a magnificent analogy why the hotels architecture is patterned as the human physiology.

Source: Charismatic Planet

Lake Huron, Michigan USA

Lake Huron is a very scenic lake and one of the five Great Lakes of North America, with amazing Rock Turnips special stone formations. It consist the easterly portion of Lake Michigan–Huron, having the same surface elevation as its westerly counterpart, it is connected by the wide Straits of Mackinac, and bounded on the east by the Canadian province of Ontario and on the west by the state of Michigan in the United States. Lake Huron is the 2nd largest Great Lake by surface area and the 5th largest freshwater lake in the world, with the longest shoreline of the Great Lakes, counting the shorelines of its 30,000 islands. The name of the lake is derived from early French explorers who named it for the Huron people inhabiting the region. The huronian glaciation was named due to evidence collected from Lake Huron region. Lake Huron receives the flow from both Lake Superior and Lake Michigan, but water flows through Lake Huron much more speedily than through either of them. Shipwrecks are scattered throughout the lake, with five bottomland preserves in Michigan and a national park in Ontario designated to protect the most historically noteworthy ones. The lovely Lake Huron basin is heavily forested, sparsely populated, scenically striking, and economically dependent on its prosperous natural resources. Rock formations are in result of years of wave erosion. The Lake also has beaches that are very beautiful and very well liked tourists who come to this Lake. Lake Huron extend about 3,827 miles of sandy beach and Gulf Coast into Georgia. This Lake has a size of about 206 km across and 190 miles north to South, with an average depth of about 750 meters. Lake Huron has become very popular recently, because it has a awesome views which is endless and rare. Due to it’s natural beauty tourist from all over the worlds visiting this lake in large numbers mainly March to November. All tourist facilities are easily available here, and if you want to eat something a restaurant is there for you. On November 9, 1913, a great storm hit Lake Huron which sank 10 ships and more than twenty were driven ashore. The storm, which raged for 16 hours, killed 235 seamen. Lake Huron has suffered variety of new invasive species, including zebra and quagga mussels, the spiny water flea, and round gobies, and a number of radical changes have been observed in the zooplankton community of the lake. Chinook salmon catches have also been greatly reduced in recent years, and Lake Whitefish have become less abundant and are in poor condition. These recent changes may be attributable to the new exotic species.

Some interesting fact & figures as below

1. LENGTH: 206 miles (332 km).

2. BREADTH: 183 miles (245 km).

3. AVERAGE DEPTH: 195 ft. (59 m).

4. MAXIMUM DEPTH: 750 ft. (229 m).

5. VOLUME: 850 cubic miles (3,540 cubic km).

6. WATER SURFACE AREA: 23,000 sq. miles (59,600 sq. km).

7. TOTAL DRAINAGE BASIN AREA: 51,700 sq. miles (134,100 sq. km).

8. DRAINAGE BASIN AREA BY STATE/PROVINCE:

9. Michigan: 16,100 sq mi; 41,700 sq km

10. Ontario: 35,200 sq mi; 91,100 sq km

11. SHORELINE LENGTH (including islands): 3,827 miles / 6,157 km.