Here is a worthy update for the tourists, that there are still such places available for exploration. World’s largest cave is one of them. It has been recently uncovered in a remote Vietnamese jungle. It is the largest single cave passage yet found, a new survey reveals.
At 262-by-262 feet in most places, the Hang Son Doong cave beats out the previous world-record holder, Deer Cave in the Malaysian section of the island of Borneo. Deer Cave is no less than 300-by-300 feet.
On contrary, the explorers went into Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, before being blocked by seasonal floodwaters—and they revealed that the passage is even longer. Moreover, for a couple of miles Son Doong reaches more than 460-by-460 feet.
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The largest hydroelectric dam in the world is the Itaipu Dam. This dam represents the great efforts and accomplishments of two neighboring countries Brazil and Paraguay. The Itaipu Dam’s construction was started in 1975 and it was completed on 1991. The dam was built on the Parana River.
It is having 18 power generating units, which have capacity of generating a total production of 12,600 MW and a reliable output of 75 million MWh a year. The energy production of Itaipu had broken so many records in the past years after the last unit was commissioned in 1991. In 1995 its power production was 77,212,396 MWh and in 1996 it got more than the mentioned figure and new record will be around the 80 million MWh a year mark.
The largeness of the project can be explained by the fact that in 1995 Itaipu alone supplied 25% of the energy to Brazil and 78% to Paraguay. This power plant is the major tourist attraction in the Foz do Iguacu area, having received around 9 million visitors from 162 countries. Foz do Iguacu city of Brazil is located at the Western tip of Parana State right by the border with Paraguay and Argentina.
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