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India's natural wonders this is alist of wonders which you must include in your must see list. Diversified in history and geography India rests in the world's tallest mountains, has the largest river delta (The ganges for sure), the rainest areas (Cherrapunji receiving rainfall above 400 inches), the world's seven largest desert (Thar), and also the highest settlement of of people per sq. km (Bihar). Hence India offers more to discover and explore and suprises are in store where ever you roam in India. Lets look at a few :-
In the east the islands of Andaman & Nicobar islands has the little Barren island home to South Asia's only active volcano. The island itself is mostly composed of the volcano and its debris and is part of the chain of volcanoes that mark the boundary between the Indian tectonic plate and the Burmese plate. The volcano stands 305m above sea level though it extends almost 2,000m below it. The height of the volcano could alter though if a particularly violent erruption destroyed the volcano's flanks and reduced its size or if a slow lava flow continued to add debris to its sides, increasing its height. The volcano's last erruption took place on July 19, 2009 and it continues to spew clouds of ash till date. The island is uninhabited but a number of wild goats have mysteriously made it their home and its not unusual to see them venture down to the sea to get a drink of salt water.
Though tourists are not allowed on the isalnd for safety reasons, there are numerous cruise vessals and ferries that take passengers to the island's edge, from where you can get breathtaking views of the volcano's ash plume, or a sight of the lava that the volcano is known to occasionally disgorge. Dont miss this place on your visit to Andaman.
Araku valley, Visakhapatnam
Andhra Pradesh
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Lonar, Buldana District
Maharashtra
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Coconut Island, St Mary's island
Karnataka
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Barren island
The Andamans
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Thiruvakkarai
Tamil Nadu
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Indroda
(120 kms from Bhuj)
Gujarat
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Manikaran (45 km. from Kullu)
Parvati valley
Himachal Pradesh
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