“Rila Planina”
One of youngest of the Bulgarian national parks. It borrows almost half of hills “Rila Planina” Located in a southwest of the country, it is well-known for the Family Lakes. These majestic seven lakes - present paradise for tourists. Before them fascinating landscapes open. Here the set of the rivers and streams, and sounds of murmuring water create rest, bear calm. Romanticism of the nature amplifies meetings with a bear, a wild wild boar, a noble deer, eagles and other animals living here in close community. Fauna of these mountains enjoy both simple fans of the nature, and professionals. At visiting these places do not forget to visit the Monastery “Rila Planina” - the wonderful sample of the Bulgarian orthodox church architecture. The monastery is protected by the state. It is located highly in mountains. Its history was kept forever.
National park ” Pirin “
National park ” Pirin ” is located on the highest part of mountain Pirin, whose top exceeds 2500 meters. Owing to the Mediterranean climate magnificent landscapes of this mountain district dense vegetation and animals.
For visitors the park is broken into some zones, in particular here there is a wood of the Bosnian pines where already during many centuries ancient pine Baykusheva towers. Among stones of crystal limestone grow and such surprising plants, as almost irremeable an edelweiss and Pirin a poppy blossom. The lakes Pirin surrounded by a file of macedonian pines, silvery fur-trees and firs, teem with various animals, and is high in mountains eagles and falcons live. National park ” Pirin ” is included in the list of world cultural and national values.

Sahara - the greatest desert on the Earth, its area 7 million км2. Sahara was desert already during immemorial times. However in history of Sahara there were periods when it savannas or even covered woods.
In last glacial age the climate of Sahara was more damp, than now. It is supposed, that there where above heated, covered gravel ergs carries by storms, throwing to face quartz sand, fifty or hundred thousand years ago there were extensive shallow oozy lakes which, probably, the reed surrounded, grew water lilies. Fishes lapped in warm water, and in coastal thrickets of a mimosa the various animals reminding wild animals of today’s tropical Africa disappeared. The person of an epoch of a paleolith could fish and hunt far from the habitation, it was not connected with the sources of water similar to modern oases.
But when a heat and lack of water became intolerable, the person in an animal left desert.
In all territory of desert find the diversified instruments of work which the ancient person during an epoch of a paleolith used.
In what the reason of modern dryness of Sahara? Extraordinary dry air of modern Sahara, especially near to a surface of a ground, - consequence trade-wind air currents. A considerable role plays here and a relief of desert. The climate and a relief in aggregate transform the ground of desert into a hell.
On the Earth it is not a lot of places where there is no at all a rain. However in internal areas of Sahara there are spaces where it is necessary to wait for this event years, and even decade, and that the rain goes only at height and any drop does not reach ground.

Iceland is located in northern part of Atlantic ocean on the same island which is second-largest island in the Europe. Borrows the area, together with nearby small islands, equal 103 thousand sq. km. In the north the country Greenland sea, in the east - washes Norwegian sea, and in the West - Denmark strait which divides Iceland and Greenland. Extent of island Iceland from the West on the east makes 480 km, from the south on the north - 306 km. The most northern point of island is just on Northern polar circle, therefore in the summer here it is possible to admire the white nights, but in December the sun appears only at 3-4 o’clock.
Island Iceland - a part of the North-Atlantic oceanic ridge, formed on a joint lithospheric plates. Its surface is a volcanic plateau on which because of set of movements of an earth’s crust a plenty of volcanoes and as consequence, geysers and hot sources was formed. The majority of Volcanos in Iceland concern to volcanos interstitial the type, craters representing turns along breaks and cracks. For example, a volcano Varnishes are a huge crack in an earth’s crust, filled by the fallen asleep lava. Or Esiya - the extinct volcano having the form of a long ridge with flat top. And the national symbol of the country considers a volcano Hekla - the most known volcano of Iceland.
Hot sources meet on all country, except for east part where they practically are not present.
The most known geothermal area in Iceland is “ the Valley of geysers ”, in 60 km from Reykjavik. On island energy of warm sources is widely used, for example them heat houses.
The glaciers covering a surface of the country, - one of the greatest in the world. Not without reason the name of island is translated, as “ the ice country ”; the total area of glaciers makes almost 12 thousand sq. km.
Western, east and northern coast of Iceland are strongly dismembered by fjords, southern and southwest coast generally sandy and equal.
On island there is a huge quantity of the rivers, but they, the truth, not navigable. Longest of them is Skiyalvandafliot, Fiyodlyum, Tiyorsar, Yokulisa and Yolivyusaa. The Greatest lakes of Iceland - Tourisvatn and Tingvadlavatn.

Very few people knows, that Bulgaria possesses the highest and most extensive virgin hills in the southeast Europe both exclusively rich flora and fauna. In mountains of Bulgaria not only the richest vegetation, but also rare kinds of birds, including signature stamps, eagles, falcons live. Many animals brought in the red book have found in mountains themselves a refuge: a bear, the wolf, a noble deer.
The first Bulgarian national park has been opened in 1934. Today it only the part of parks protected by the state and reserves of surprising beauty, which total area makes 498 thousand hectares. In Bulgaria huge work on preservation of rich traditions and cultures of people is conducted, and at the same time for tourists new treasures of the nature open. Many years the Bulgarian mountains served as vacation spot and admiration for uncountable visitors who came to borrow there in mountaineering, easier to wander or admire the nature.
NATIONAL PARKS
In Bulgaria set of the national parks opened for visiting. To services of visitors always there is a benevolent and skilled guide. In some parks there are special natural reserves, for an input in which it is necessary to receive the miss in advance.
Small hotels, hunting lodges and private houses where always it is beforehand possible to order to itself number or a room are well entered in the general joyful atmosphere of mountains. If you prefer to settle down more close to the nature on perimeter of these mountain institutions it is authorized to break