Natural Wonders of America

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One river cut a canyon more than a kilometre deep. One sleeping volcano heats five hundred geysers. In this series you will visit eight of America's greatest natural wonders, and find out how each one came to be.

Die Episoden (6)

1. 1

   The Grand Canyon

   Where the desert opens up. In the red rock of Arizona the flat ground suddenly drops away, the walls go straight down, and far below a small green river keeps cutting.

   4:09
2. 2

   Yellowstone & Old Faithful

   Yellowstone & Old Faithful

   4:22
3. 3

   Niagara Falls & the Great Lakes

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   3:50
4. 4

   The Grand Canyon

   Where the desert opens up. In the red rock of Arizona the flat ground suddenly drops away, the walls go straight down, and far below a small green river keeps cutting.

   4:03
5. 5

   Yellowstone & Old Faithful

   Yellowstone & Old Faithful

   4:05
6. 6

   Niagara Falls & the Great Lakes

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   4:11