Famous  landmarks around the world

niargara falls

niagara Falls

• Niagara falls is in both New York and Canada  
• The largest vertical drop is 165 feet
• The falls were created by glacier activity around 10000 years ago
• The first tightrope walker walked across the falls walked it in 1859
• When the falls froze people walked on it

grand CANYON

GRAND CANYOn

• The grand canyon has the Colorado river running through it. 
• The Colorado river is red from the red rocks on the canyon
• There is snow on part of the Grand Canyon.
• The Grand Canyon  is  6,000 feet deep
• Then canyon is nearly two billoin years old 

Mount rushmore

Mount rushmore

• Mount Rushmore is nearly visted by three milloin people every year  
• Mount Rushmore was named after Charles E. Rushmore
• The  presidents  on the mountain are Lincoln, Jefferson, Roosevelt and Was 
• Mount Rushmore is 57000ft above sea level 
• the project took $400,000 

Gateway arch

Gateway arch

• The Gateway Arch is located in St. Louis Missouri
• The Gateway Arch is 630 feet high
• The Gateway Arch takes 62 acers 
• The Gateway Arch opened on May ,25 1968 
• They started constricting it on Febraey ,12 1963

Big ben

Big ben

• Big Ben is 316 feet tall 
• Big Ben opened in 1859 
• Big Ben is located in Westminster, London
• Big Ben is a nickname of the clock tower north of the plaace
• The tower is known as the Elizabeth Tower