New 7 Wonders of Nature - Nominees from Africa

LANDSCAPE, ICE FORMATIONS
Kalahari Desert > BOTSWANA/ NAMIBIA/ SOUTH AFRICA
The Arches of Akakus > LIBYA
The Macina > MALI
The Richat Structure > MAURITANIA
Erg Chebbi Dunes > MOROCCO
Sossusvlei > NAMIBIA
Le Cirque de Mafate, Volcanic Caldera > RÉUNION ISLANDS
Dahlak Archipelago > ERITREA
Bissagos Islands > GUINEA-BISSAU
The Bazaruto Archipelago > MOZAMBIQUE
Aldabra Atoll > SEYCHELLES

MOUNTAINS, VOLCANOES
Mount Fogo > CAPE VERDE
Mount Karthala > COMOROS
Mount Nimba, Mountain > CÔTE D'IVOIRE
Mount Sinai > EGYPT
Pico Basilé > EQUATORIAL GUINEA
Mount Kenya > KENYA
The Barn > SAINT HELENA
Table Mountain > SOUTH AFRICA
Marrah Mountains > SUDAN
Mount Kilimanjaro > TANZANIA
Mount Nyangani > ZIMBABWE

CAVES, ROCK FORMATIONS, VALLEYS
Pinnacles of Sindou > BURKINA FASO
Great Rift Valley > ETHIOPIA/ KENYA/ MALAWI/ TANZANIA
Zuma Rock > NIGERIA

FORESTS, NATIONAL PARKS, NATURE RESERVES
El Kala National Park > ALGERIA
Pendjari National Park > BENIN
Okawango Delta, National Park > BOTSWANA
Ruvubu National Park > BURUNDI
Dja Faunal Reserve, National Park > CAMEROON
Congo Basin Forest > CAMEROON/ CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC/ CONGO/ CONGO (DRC)/ EQUATORIAL GUINEA/ GABON
Odzala National Park > CONGO
Loango National Park > GABON
River Gambia National Park > GAMBIA
National Park of Upper Niger > GUINEA
Sapo National Park > LIBERIA
Avenue of the Baobabs > MADAGASCAR
Aïr and Ténéré Natural Reserves > NIGER
Virunga National Park > RWANDA
Obo Natural Park > SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE
Djoudj, Sanctuary > SENEGAL
Gola Forest > SIERRA LEONE
Somali Montane Xeric Woodland > SOMALIA
Malolotja Nature Reserve > SWAZILAND
Bwindi Rain Forest > UGANDA
Kafue National Park > ZAMBIA

LAKES, RIVERS, WATERFALLS
Lake Tanganyika > BURUNDI/ CONGO (DRC)/ TANZANIA/ ZAMBIA
Lake Chad, Lake > CHAD
Boyoma Falls, Waterfall > CONGO (DRC)
Lake Kivu > CONGO (DRC)/ RWANDA
Lake Asal > DJIBOUTI
The White Nile > EGYPT/ SUDAN/ UGANDA
Lake Tana > ETHIOPIA
The Blue Nile > ETHIOPIA/ SUDAN
Lake Bosumtwi > GHANA
Lake Victoria > KENYA/ TANZANIA/ UGANDA
Maletsunyane Falls > LESOTHO
Lake Malawi > MALAWI
Ganga Talao > MAURITIUS
Lake Togo > TOGO
Chott el Djerid, Salt Lake > TUNISIA
Victoria Falls > ZAMBIA/ ZIMBABWE

SEASCAPE
Red Sea Reef > DJIBOUTI/ EGYPT/ ERITREA/ ISRAEL/ JORDAN/ SAUDI ARABIA/ SUDAN/ YEMEN

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info: Voting for nominees will continue through July 7, 2009. The top 77 nominees by group categories (the top 11 in each of the seven groups) will be eligible for consideration by the New7Wonders of Nature Panel of Experts, under the leadership of Prof. Federico Mayor, former Director-General of UNESCO. The Panel of Experts will review these 77 nominees and choose from them the 21 Official Finalists, according to published criteria. The selection will be announced on 21 July 2009, and the 21 Official Finalists will then enter the third and final phase to vote and choose the Official New7Wonders of Nature.