SOBRIQUETS OF WORLD

Kolkata the "CITY OF PALACES" was the capital of the british empire up to 1911.It was at one time, the industrial,cultural,and the intellectual of the country.As the retaliation for being the nucleus of the first mass movement of the raj,which reversed curzon's move to partition bengal,the city lost its status.This teaming inland port the city of more than 10 million is now the capital of west bengal.Kolkata has the reputation of india's more vibrant metropolis.I t is regarded has india's cultured capital.Among many other proud destination the city has produced to the nobel laureates Ronald ross,rabindranath tagore,c.v.raman,mother teresa,gunter grass,amartya sen.Located at the tip of the frawling ganges delta which flows into the bay of bengal.The city hugs the eastern bank of the massive hoogly tributary.The howrah bridge which connects the mega city to an industrial township on the opposite bank is the signature landmark.The name of the kolkata is said to be...

Hwang Ho are the yellow river is popularly known as China's Sorrow because of its devastating floods .This remarkable stream is one of the largest rivers in the world and second largest river in China being second only to the yangtze.It has it sources in tibet and meanders 2700 miles  through northern china.Yellow river is merely a literal translation of chinese twang ("Yellow") and ho ("River").The stream was so named from the fact that the water has the yellowish colorowing to the presence of muddy earth in solution.Enormous quantities of infinitesimal particles of silt known to geologist as loess are blown by the wind into the upper reaches of the stream from the boby desert country.In flood times this material may constitute as high as 18% of the volume of water.The yellow sea into which the Yellow river flows also as the same Yellowish hue.The chinese call the sea hwang hai literally "Yellow sea" hai being chinese for "sea". The China...

The Golden Gate is strait on the west coast of north america that connects sanfrancisco  way to the pacific ocean.It is defined by the headlands of the sanfrancisco peninsula and the marine peninsula and since 1937 has been spanned by the golden gate bridge.sanfrancisco is also knownas the city of golden gate.I t is one of the most famous and most photographed  suspension bridges in the world but the golden gate bridge really isn't gold technically a golden gate paint color is orange vermilion also known as international orange or in the pantone matching system,PMS 173 all of which are fancy ways of saying orange-red soon after it was completed on 1937,consulting architect irving morrow rejected grey,balck and silver and successfully persuaded the bridge builders to keep the bridge the color of the primer orange-red as the final color.Not only was orange to red highly visible from the water and from the fog but the color also blended in with the bridge's natural setting.In ...

Canada is called Land of Lilies because lily is a type of flower which are found in Canada in large numbers.Because of these flowers of lilies Canada is known as "Land of Lilies".Lilium(members of which are true lilies) is genus of herbaceous flowering plants growing from bulbs,All with large prominent flowers plants which are important for culture and literature in much of the world.Most species are native to the temperate in northern hemisphere,though their range extends into the northern subtropics.Many other plants lily in their common name but are not related to true lilies,lilies are tall parental ranging in height from 2-6 feet (60-180 cm).They form naked or tunicless scaly underground bulbs which are their overwintering organs.In some north american species the base of the bulbs develops into rhyzomes on which numerous  small bulbs are found.Some species develop stolons.Most bulbs are deeply buried but few species from bulbs near the soil surface.Many species f...

Canada is known as the Land of Maple.The maple tree is significant to the canadian environment and economy,besides being an eye -catching and iconic element of the canadian geography.Almost 13 different species of maple trees are in the north america and out of them ten belong to canada,making this tree the symbol of canadian identity.All the way through the past,the maple leaf has gained value as the canadian emblem,to the tip where it is at preseent,the most identifiable symbol of the state.The maple leaf has indicated and reownened distinctively the canadian characteristic. And for this very season,in 1834 the first mayor of montreal,quebec,jacques viger illustrated the maple as the "King of the Forest,The symbol of the canadian people". On feb-15 19665 when the state flag was inagurated,the red and white flag demonstrated that the only symbol of being an canadian is the maple leaf.In thepast,the maple leaf was on every canadian coin but in present day,it remains sim...

The strait Gibraltar is a narrow opening between the continent of Africa and Europe.It is located between Spain and Morocco and connects the Atlantic to the Mediterranean sea.The mountains are either side of the strait are called the Pillars of Hercules because according to legend of hercules,it was created by hercules in order to complete his tenth labor,The first nine labors of were based inside the mediterranean rim,however,the tenth labor took him beyond the outer limits of the known world to a territory no greek had ever seen.For his tenth labor,hercules went all the way to the Spanish peninsula were he had to bring back the cattle of king geryon,the three headed monster.Destroying the geryon to capture his cattle was half the challenge.The half was getting there.To reach king's geryon cattle,Hercules had to venture beyond the mediterranean sea  into the atlantic ocean,but one massive obstacle stood in his way the mountain range that joined the continent of europe and afric...

Kent is a county in south east england and one of the home countries.Kent is known as the 'Garden of England' for its abundance of orchards and hop gardens. It's borders greater london to the north west,surrey to the west and east sussex to the south west.The county town is maidstone.Kent's garden celebrates the year of the english garden 2016 in the garden of england.As the garden of england,kent boasts an impressive variety of 180 plus gardens and was recently voted as a 'Garden tourism destination of the year' byinternational garden tourism network.Kent's blockbuster historic estates excel outside as well as in.Hever castle boasts 125 acres of stunning gardens that were voted the south east's most romantic garden by Gardeners World they even have their own rose launched by dame judi dench.The 500 acres of parkland at leeds castle include a swirling yew maze, the famous water cascade and the wood garden,vivid with daffodils and narcissi in the sprin...

finland is a land of thousand lakes,from the  metropoliton area around  helsinkiall the way up to  inari in  lapland , finland is filled with oases of the clean blue .finns feel certain closeness to the element of  water .lakeland in eastern  finland is where  saimaa,the country's greatest lake is situated.It is homed to  saimaa ringed seal,one of the most endangered species in the world.It is the cutest little island.Boating,canoeing,fishing,barbecuing and swimming are standard things to do while unwinding at the lake.In the winter frozen lakes works as ice skating or snowmobile track.Ice fishing is also a popular activity.This is because the lakes and rivers account for around the 10 percent of the country's land.Some lakes namely  pie linen ,lake paijaane ,  nasijarvi  , finnish  lakeland ollujarvi , mallasvesi , hoytiainen , vanajavesi , koitere , puruvesi , kulovesi , keurusselka , pihlajavesi , langelmavesi , kuusamoj...