1. The theme of our work is natural wonders. We think everybody knows about such natural wonders as Stonehenge,Lockness and others. But do you know anything about such wonders in our country? We were looking for some information about Natural Wonders in Russia, Of course, we decided to “explore” Chelyabinsk region. To get information we used Internet, libraries. We found a lot of information at http://ru.wikipedia.org/ Now we can tell you about some Natural Wonders in Russia and in Chelyabinsk region. http://ru.wikipedia.org/ Introduction Introduction

2. Arcaim ( Chelyabinsk region) Although the settlement was burned and abandoned, a lot of details are preserved. The settlement was protected by two circular walls. There was a central square, surrounded by two circles of dwellings separated by a street. The diameter of the enclosing wall was 160 m. It was built from earth packed into timber frames, and reinforced with unburned clay brick, with thickness of 4-5 m. and height of 5.5 m. The settlement was surrounded with a 2-meter-deep moat. There are 4 entrances into the settlement through the outer and the inner walls with the main entrance to the west.

3. The dwellings were between 110 and 180 square meters in area. The outer ring of dwellings number 39 or 40, with entrances to a circular street in the middle of the settlement. The central street was drained by a covered channel. Approximately 1500 to 2500 people could have lived in the settlement. Surrounding Arkaim's walls, were arable fields, 130 to 140 metres by 45 metres, irrigated by a system of canals.

4. Kungur Ice Cave Another Natural Wonder in Russia is Kungur Ice Cave. Kungur Ice Cave is located on the right bank of the Sylva River. This cave is a real wonder of nature. March is the best time to visit the cave.

5. Geysers of Kamchatka The "pulsating" geysers of Kamchatka were discovered by a local scientist, Tatiana Ustinova, in 1941. Over thirty geysers were given names; among these was the Giant geyser (Velikan), capable of producing a jet of water reaching up to 40 meters. Foreign tourists were allowed into the valley in 1991.

6. Lake Baikal Lake Baikal is in Siberia in Russia, located between Irkutsk Region to the northwest and the Buryat Republic to the southeast, near the city of Irkutsk. It is also known as the "Blue Eye of Siberia". Lake Baikal is the deepest lake in the world and is the largest freshwater lake by volume (23,000 km³), containing approximately twenty percent of the world's total surface fresh water.

7. Baikal is the home to more than 1,700 species of plants and animals, some of them can be found nowhere else in the world and was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996. The bottom of the lake is 1,285 metres below sea. The lake is located in the deepest continental rift on the Earth. In geological terms, the rift is young and active—it widens about two centimeters per year.The lake drains into the Angara and Yenisei rivers.

8. Klyuchevskaya Sopka. Klyuchevskaya Sopka is the highest mountain on the Kamchatka Peninsula of Russia. The volcano's steep, symmetrical cone towers are a mere 100 km (60 miles) from the Bering Sea. The volcano is a part of the natural UNESCO World Heritage Site Volcanoes of Kamchatka.

9. Beginning in early January, 2007, the Klyuchevskaya volcano began another eruption cycle. On June 28, 2007, the volcano began to experience the largest explosions so far recorded in this eruption cycle. An ash plume from the eruption reached a height of 32,000 feet before drifting westward, disrupting air traffic from the United States to Asia and causing ashfalls on Alaska's Unimak Island.

10. Mount Elbrus Mount Elbrus is the peak located in the western Caucasus mountains, in Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay- Cherkessia, Russia, near the border of Georgia. A stratovolcano that has lain dormant for about 2,000 years, it is the highest mountain in the Caucasus which belongs to EuropeCaucasus Kabardino-BalkariaKarachay- CherkessiaRussiaGeorgiastratovolcanoEurope

11. Mount Elbrus and its two peaksThe Soviet Union encouraged ascents of Elbrus, and in 1956 it was climbed en masse by 400 mountaineers to mark the 400th anniversary of the incorporation of Kabardino-Balkaria, the Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic where Elbrus was located

12. We have told you about only a few Natural Wonders located in Russia. Our country is big enough and there are a lot of Natural Wonders. We must know as more as we can and be proud of them.