5 Waterfall most unique in Indonesia

TOUR water brings a soothing atmosphere of relaxation of the soul. For those of you who like to tour a natural water but less comfortable with the beach, there's no harm in listening to the waterfall that is unique in the country.

The waterfall is a geological formation of the currents of water flowing through the rock formations are eroding and falling down from a height. Artificial waterfall can be used in the garden or in the mountains formed by erosion.

Here are some of the famous waterfall because of its uniqueness.

Anai Valley

Located on the edge of the Padang-Bukittinggi Highway, this waterfall is actually situated in conservation areas Anai Valley, Tanah Datar, West Sumatra. In the vicinity of the waterfall there are monkeys roam. Waterfall with a height of approximately 60 meters is a remarkable sight. In the holiday season, this waterfall is visited by hundreds of visitors.

Moramo

The uniqueness of this waterfall is located on the form undakannya. Waterfalls Konawe Moramo located in South, Southeast Sulawesi. There is a count has seven levels, some say 10 levels, with approximately 100 meters altitude. That said, the waterfall is located in Tanjung Peropa forest nature reserve is also famous for the legend of the nymph bathing.

Resun

Resun waterfall is located in Daik, Linga District, Riau Islands. The water comes from rivers that irrigate the Mount Daik and visited by many local tourists during holidays.Daik Mountain Regions (1165 masl) with three branches could also be a climbing destination.

Besides Mount Resun Daik and waterfalls, there are also baths Muhazam Sultan Mahmud Shah's daughter, Stone Pig and Crocodile Rock (because similar shaped like a pig and crocodile), Batu Belah, baths Lubuk Board, and waterfalls Cik Latif.

Stone Bridge

Stone Bridge waterfall is located in North Halmahera, North Maluku. Actually, this waterfall is not too high, only about 10 meters. But special, bebatuannya shaped like a natural stone bridge. In addition, there is a mini waterfall that allow rock climbing activity.

National Parks Bantimurung

15 meter high waterfall with a width of 20 meters provides a large area for visitors to enjoy the cool water flow. In the vicinity of the waterfall, there is a basin-basin of the river commonly used as a place to swim.

Besides enjoying the beauty of waterfalls, National Park visitor Bantimurung, Maros, South Sulawesi, also can visit the famous cave with stalactites Dream nodes.Bantimurung also known as the "Kingdom of Butterflies" because this park is the habitat for thousands of butterflies.
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Geowisata to Crater Kamojang

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KAMOJANG. Not a name familiar to those who like traveling. Or for those who are hobbies for the predatory content of earth and rocks. Yes, Kamojang located on the border and Bandung Garut regency, West Java, this saves a tremendous tourist magnet. No wonder the region can be called as a tourist area geology (geowisata).

For tourists who want to visit Crater Kamojang, could first stop in Bandung or in Garut.Suppose you choose to spend the night in Garut, a lot of lodging that offers the sensation of nature, as well as Bukit Alamanda Sampireun.

When Legal come to Garut, the choice fell to the inn Bukit Alamanda. There, the inn has been offering various tour packages in Garut district. First of all, tourists will be invited to ride to Crater Kamojang, then after that will be invited to tour the city by visiting centers in Garut crafts such as leather goods, handicrafts vetiver, and also crafts brown arrowroot.

Regarding Kamojang crater, tourists will get a panorama of natural hills. On both sides of the street will find a variety of growing vegetables and root crops are also fragrant, which is used for various types of craft ayaman. Vetiver Why? because it is the root of the plant species are weeds smells really fragrant.

Remove from hilly streets, before going into the crater area Kamojang, tourists can see from the plant near the geothermal power plant (PLTP) Kamojang. Here, tourists can already see the cloud-wisps of smoke coming from the pipes that are flowing installation of geothermal steam from the summit crater to the power plant.

The first exploration of geothermal energy as reported from the site Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources conducted by the Government of the Netherlands East Indies in 1926 until 1928 with the drilling of five wells.

Geothermal Survey of Indonesia in collaboration with the New Zealand Geothermal Project in 1971-1979 re-do the drilling of 14 exploration wells. In 1978, geothermal energy Kamojang for the first time to produce electrical energy by 0.25 MW and inaugurated by the Minister of Mines and Energy Subroto.

Furthermore, in the year 1979-2003 took place well drilling development and production, then in 1983, PLTP Kamojang Unit 1 with a capacity of 30 MW established officially by President Soeharto as the first geothermal field in Indonesia, followed by the inauguration of PLTP Unit 2 & 3 (2 x 55 MW) in 1988 followed later in the year 2003-2007 with the Power Plant Unit 4 (60 MWe).

The total capacity of PLTP Kamojang currently at 200 MW, consisting of four units namely Unit 1 geothermal power plants with a production of 30 MW, Unit 2 and 3 respectively the capacity of 55 MW, and geothermal power plants of 60 MW Unit 4. The overall electric energy generated PLTP Kamojang flowed to support the transmission system (interconnection) Java-Bali.

The road back uphill. After passing the entrance and pay the ticket, visitors will trace the street on either side is still a tropical forest. The street was not as smooth as before. The first crater could be seen was the crater and crater Manuk Berecek. Before finally going into the parking area.

For tourists who want to get a long explanation sheet about craters in this geowisata object, can request the caretaker service.

Arriving at the parking area, visitors will immediately enjoy a puff of smoke from the crater Kamojang. If you want to probe further, tourists will be guided to go up into the hills. The first crater is a crater that will welcome the train. This crater is quite unique, because if played with pieces of bamboo, it sounded like a train bunti.

If not satisfied, tourists can ride again, and there will already be waiting for a number of other craters. One of the unique is the crater Rain. This crater is unique, because it emits sparks emit water volume level and water temperature also can be arranged by the caretaker. The water on our bodies seemed to puncture needle that is said to be for the health of the body.

In front of the crater rains, there is a crater that emit smoke. This smoke can be played by the caretaker. If curious, smoke could be asked to direct tourists to the body. Smoke is also said to be for health, because it seems a sauna bath.

Not only that, the actual number of craters on Kamojang geowisata object is not less than 27 crater. A number of rare flora and fauna are still commonly found in this region.

So wait no more. In addition to the cheap ticket prices, lodging easily obtained, and the sensation of a steam bath, Crater Kamojang could be an alternative holiday. Even for those who like the predatory aspects of geology and geothermal energy, many things can be extracted in these attractions.
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Record 10 of Indonesia's natural wealth

1. Republic of Indonesia is the world's largest archipelagic country consisting of 17,504 islands, including the 9634 islands and 6,000 unnamed islands are uninhabited.

Indonesia

2. Indonesia has 3 of the 6 largest island in the world, namely the island of Borneo (the third largest island in the world amply 539 460 km2), the island of Sumatera (473,606 km2) and Guinea (421 981 km2)

Small gathering
3. Indonesia is the largest maritime countries in the world with waters covering an area of ​​93 thousand km2 and the length of the coast about 81 thousand km2, or almost 25% of long beaches in the world.

Sea
4. Indonesia is the country with the largest ethnic group in the world. There are more than 740 tribes / ethnic groups, where in Papua alone there are 270 tribes. Using 583 languages ​​and dialects of the 67 main languages ​​used by various tribes such

Interest Rates Indonesia
5. Indonesia is a producer of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the world (20% of world supply) is also the second largest tin producer.

LNG
6. Indonesia has the Coral Reef (Coral Reef), the richest in the world (18% of the global total) and has the most shark species in the world (150 species).

Coral Reefs
7. Indonesia is ranked first in agricultural products, namely cloves (cloves) and nutmeg (nutmeg), and ranked second in natural rubber (Natural Rubber) and crude palm oil (Crude Palm Oil).

cloves
8. Indonesia is the largest exporter of plywood (plywood), which is about 80% in world markets.

Plywood
9. Indonesia has the world's largest orchid biodiversity that is about 6 thousand species of orchids, ranging from the largest (or Grammatophyllum speciosum Tiger Orchid) to the smallest (Taeniophyllum, which is not leafy), including the Black Orchid is a rare and only found in Papua.

Orchid Flowers
10. Having the world's largest mangrove forest. This plant is useful ntuk prevent erosion by the sea water or abrasion

Mangrove Forest
The record above is actually only a few of the many record-a record relating to natural resources owned by this nation. Including my previous post that is the Bird of Paradise is famous for its bird of paradise and only in Papua.http://unikapik.blogdetik.com

Indonesia Yang Birds Exotic

1. Cendrawasih Biru
Blue Bird of Paradise or the scientific name Paradisaea Rudolphi is a kind of medium-sized birds of paradise, with a length of about 30cm, the distribution of the genus Paradisaea.Daerah Blue Paradise found in the forests of the eastern highlands of Papua New Guinea and southeast, mostly from a height of 1,400 meters to 1,800 meters altitude above sea level.



2. Cendrawasih Merah
Red Bird of Paradise or the scientific name Paradisaea rubra is a kind of babbler bird of medium size, with a length of about 33cm, from the clan Paradisaea. Indonesian endemic, Red Bird of Paradise are found only in lowland forests on the island in the district Batanta Waigeo and RajaAmpat, West Irian Jaya province.

3. Merak Biru
Peacock Peacock Blue or India, which the scientific name Pavo cristatus is one of three species of bird peacock. Peacock Blue has a glossy dark blue feathers. Adult male birds are large, can reach 230cm in length, with a very long tail cover green metallic. Blue Peacock population scattered in open forests with grasslands in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bhutan. Previously this species was found also in Bangladesh, but now most probably extinct there.



4. Jalak Bali
Bali Starling or the scientific name Leucopsar rothschildi is a kind of babbler bird-sized, approximately 25cm long, from the tribe Sturnidae. Endemic to Indonesia, the Bali Starling is only found in the woods west of the island of Bali. This bird is also the only species endemic to Bali, where in 1991 was crowned as the fauna symbol of Bali province. The existence of this endemic animals protected by law.



5. Cekakak-hutan Melayu
Cekakak-forest has a unique and distinctive voice. In general, they were loud. Siulannya rises and reads "kwii-kwii ...". Uniquely, each whistle was generated around one tone per second. Bird species live in the woods and hunt from a low perch. Unlike his voice is loud, this bird was rather shy. They are just looking for prey from the ground with leaves keep turning.

6. Nuri Sayap Hitam
Nuri Nuri black or red wing of Biak, is the scientific name Eos cyanogenia is a kind of parrot-sized, with a length of about 30cm, from the tribe Psittacidae. Endemic to Indonesia, Nuri-winged black only found in forest habitats in the coastal island of Biak and the islands in the Gulf of Paradise, Papua. This species is often found and nest in coconut plantations.




7. Kakak Tua Raja
This species lives at an altitude of 0-1520 feet above sea level, usually in groups. Cockatoos are generally long-lived, until reaching 60 years or more. Cockatoo inhabits primary and secondary forests are high and the edge of the forest; also monsoon forests (Nusa Tenggara), bersemak high forest, rare trees and shrubs whose tree farm is rare. From sea level to a height of 900 m (Sulawesi), 1520 m (Lombok), 1000 m (Sumbawa)



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World's 10 Most Beautiful Fish

10. African Cichlids

Fish is pronounced as "Sick-Lids". This fish is found in three lakes in Africa: Malawi, Tanganyika, and Victoria. Imaginable species in Lake Victoria the number is less diverse and less colorful than others. They usually grow to 6-7 inches, with the exception of Frontosoa species, which can grow until 12-14 inches. This is ikan2 Ikan2 freshwater can reply easily dipiara in home aquarium. In addition to Africa, there also is a distinguished cohabited fish species in the waters of the Amazon, but it was bigger and more aggressive than reply in Africa.

9. Parrotfish

So named because the shape of bird beak-like mouth. This fish uses its mouth like a beak which was to break down and eat the small invertebrates living in coral. Usually they will eat corals or rocks utuh2 pasir2 marine invertebrates and then chew on it, then throw sisa2ny
8. Regal Tang

Ini fish in Finding Nemo is not it? Btw, these fish belong to the surgeonfish family, which has a small knife from the lime which can be hidden in front of its tail fin. This small knife is used primarily for defense systems in the face of predators.
7. Coral Beauty

These fish belong to the Angelfish. Ikan2 akuarium2 can be stored in the home and can survive well in their habitat (hardy).
6. Flame Angel

This fish memikiki close relationship with the Coral Beauty. Its just like the Coral Beauty, but nature does not 'seteguh' Coral Beauty.
5. Koi

There are many color variations of koi fish (about 100an). Koi can have orange, red, white, golden, or black. Some koi enthusiasts willing to pay thousands of dollars for a koi simply to seek a distinguished koi rare color patterns.
4. Moorish Idol

This fish is quite difficult to dipiara in the home aquarium, and also very expensive. In the source who read the cave, ga no further information for this fish. Want googling?
3. Lionfish

This fish is also called zebrafish. It has a poisonous spine in great painful and quite effective. People who maintain it certainly should be careful if you want to clean the tank

2. Discus

This fish is a freshwater fish species which may be a freshwater fish the most beautiful. The price is also very expensive: seedlings 3 inches in length which ranges from $ 50 - $ 80.


1. Mandarinfish

There are 2 varieties of this species: Mandarinfish standards and Psychedelic Mandarin. The standard usually have a pattern and color better than Psychedelic reply. Ga price is more than $ 20 per cow, but whois the food problem

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Cats-Cats Unique Very Rare In The World

Cat, Felis silvestris catus, is a kind of carnivore. The word "cat" usually refers to the "cat" that has been tamed, but can also refer to the "big cats" like lions, tigers, and leopards.

Forkamer, The cat is one of the most popular pet in the world. Cat lineage officially listed as a cat breeds or strains of pure (pure breed), such as Persian, Siamese, Manx, sphinx. Cats like this are usually bred in captivity official animal.

The number of cat race is only 1% of all cats in the world, the rest is a cat with half-breed such as a wild cat or kitten home.

1. Ppallas's Cat
Pallas's The Cat (Otocolobus manul) called "Manul". Only the size of a domestic cat, but seems more severe because of the dense fur. Pallas's The Cat is different from other cats in that it has big eyes and teeth and the gap a little more, giving the appearance of the face is relatively flat.

These cats ranged from Eastern Europe to Siberia, to explore a higher altitude than the Middle East and Asia. Cats are considered the oldest cat species, which evolved about 12 million years ago. Although cats are rarely found, you are probably familiar with this cat because popular images of a poster.

2. Andean Mountain Cat
The Andean Mountain Cat (Leopardus jacobita) is very rarely seen, limited habitat in the mountains of Bolivia, Peru, Argentina, and Chile at an altitude above the tree line. Total population estimated at only around 2500. This cat is growing almost as big as a house cat, with long thick tail that could provide a useful counterweight to maneuver around the mountain.

3.Margay
Margay (Leopardus wiedii) resemble domestic cats, but smaller than a house cat. Margay also have relatively longer legs than a house cat and is an excellent tree climber.

Cats are spread across the region stretching from Mexico down through Brazil. The species is in danger and is rarely seen, because only hunt at night and remain hidden in the rainforest.

4. Fishing Cat
Fishing Cat (Prionailurus viverrinus) there is in asia south and Southeast Asia, where he preferred to live near water is better for fishing, of course. He was the first swimmer from the family cat a cat. This cat is listed as endangered because their habitat is being destroyed as a wetland drained for human use.
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5.Serval
Serval (Leptailurus serval) is one type of African wild cats are believed to be a long-legged ancient ancestors of lions and cheetahs. These cats inhabit savannas of Africa. This cat has a small head and long legs are very efficient to catch prey. They are also very intelligent. Serval is a wild cat are most often kept as house pets.

6.Caracal
Caracal has a typical appearance of North America, this cat is growing well, and living in Africa and Asia. This cat grows about three feet long. Caracal prefer to live in mountain or desert areas, and can survive without water longer than other cats. Although rarely seen, there are a lot of caracal in the wild, and sometimes taken as pets

7.African Golden Cat
African Golden Cat (Profelis aurata) is not always golden. In fact, the color varies greatly between individuals, ranging from reddish gold to dark gray with a special mark on several cats and a lighter chest. Cats also can change color during their life cycle. Golden Cat native living in the equatorial African rain forest. These cats are rarely seen, grows 30-32 inches long and weighing up to 40 pounds. Golden Cat animal classified as near threatened with extinction.

8.Cat Sand
Sand cat (Felis margarita) lives in the deserts of Africa, Arabian Peninsula, and West Asia. same size as the domestic cat, but with a thicker fur. Sand the paint has a broad head and the hair grows in between the legs, the excess is often found in cats Arctic. The goal is to adapt the foot to the environment. This cat is listed as endangered animals, pemburuannya banned in many countries.


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