According to several resources, olive oil is the nature of the wonder drug. Olive oil is composed of up to 30 mg of vitamin E, which contains Provitamin A (carotene), up 83% acis monounsaturated fat (oleic), contains up to 20% polyunsaturated unfatty acis (linoleic), and was also up 23.5 Saturated fatty acids%. Olive oil is gluten free and virually salt free and a teaspoon contributes 8% of the RDA for vitamin E. According to the scientific and medical findings, diets rich in olive oil promote good health and longevity. It also reduces cholesterol and limits unnecessary arteriosclerosis. Otherwise, olive oil is the homeopathic way to prevent coronory disease.

Some information that most people are not aware of is that olive oil is beneficial when used as a tanning oil. Frottee on exposed areas, olive oil protects the skin from the harmful effects of UVA and sunburn. Olive oil is also effective on peptic ulcers, bone development, the developing nervous system and acts as antioxidants to keep the brain alert as we mature and age. Some cancers have actually been reduced in number (for example, breast and ovarian cancer), in the Mediterranean due to the consumption of olive oil. There are also claims that olive oil is a natural insect repellent too. With all the great benefits of olive oil, it makes one want to go out and buy everything.

Among the many wonders of the modern world, few of them are also often spoken of the Great Wall of China. This old (although still regarded as historic by modern) structure is a major tourist attraction, with many people around the world travel to China just to see the Wall. There are many facets of the Great Wall of China that intrigues people so far, and they will probably be many generations to come.

At that time, the Great Wall of China was built in the 3rd century BC, during the Qin dynasty. Additional work on the wall, as well as other versions of this enrichment, was not completed until the 17th century (AD), with the current Great Wall to be completed during the Ming dynasty between 1368 - 1640 . The initial objective of the Great Wall was to stop the invaders from areas such as Mongolia and Manchuria, to enter into China and trying to take over the country. The wall stretches over 3948 miles at the moment, and stretches from Shanhai Pass on the Bohai Sea Lop Nur in the autonomous region of Xinjiang Uygur. It is made of solid stone with clay from the inside.

Some plots on the Great Wall of China are not as impressive as its length and age. The wall was built mainly through forced labor, as the government during different dynasties ordered people to work on the Wall. It was a horrible and exhausting task, and about one million workers died in the process of building the Great Wall, attacks and other conditions. For this reason, it is sometimes known as the "largest cemetery of the Earth."

The state of the Great Wall of China at this stage of its history is poor, at best. Although some portions of the wall are maintained in good condition, near tourist centers, other parts of the wall had fallen into disrepair and had even been dismantled as a source of stone for the repair of homes. Only about 20 percent of the Great Wall today can be considered to be in good condition.

Although the merits of the Great Wall of China is relatively well known, it is a fact that is widely disputed: if you can see it from space. In recent years, it was concluded that one can indeed see the Great Wall from space with the naked eye, but it's not very visible, and you have to know where to look. But why see it from outer space? A trip to the Great Wall of China could be one of the greatest adventures of your life, and this is certainly one of the great wonders of the world to see.

The Trans-Siberian Railway or Trans-Siberian Railroad (Транссибирская магистраль, Транссиб in Russian, or Transsibirskaya magistral', Transsib) is a network of railways connecting Moscow and European Russia with the Russian Far East provinces, Mongolia, China and the Sea of Japan. The Trans-Siberian Railway is the longest railway in the world. It was built between 1891 and 1916 to connect the Russian capital Moscow with the Far-East city of Vladivostok. En route it passes through the cities of Perm, Yekaterinburg, Omsk, Novosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk, Irkutsk, Chita and Khabarovsk.

Construction
Full time construction on the Trans-Siberian Railway began in 1891 and was put into execution and overseen by Sergei Witte, who was then Finance Minister.

Similar to the First Transcontinental Railroad in the USA, Russian engineers started construction at both ends and worked towards the center. From Vladivostok the railway was laid north along the right bank of the Ussuri River to Khabarovsk at the Amur River becoming the Ussuri railway.

In 1890, a bridge across the river Ural was built and the new railroad entered Asia. The bridge across the Ob River was built in 1898 and the small city Novonikolaevsk, founded in 1883, metamorphosed into a large Siberian center—Novosibirsk city. In 1898, the first train reached Irkutsk and the shore of Lake Baikal. The railroad ran on to the East, across the Shilka and the Amur rivers and soon reached Khabarovsk. The Vladivostok-Khabarovsk branch was built a bit earlier, in 1897.
Bashkir switchman near the town Ust' Katav on the Yuryuzan River between Ufa and Cheliabinsk in the Ural Mountain region, ca. 1910.
Bashkir switchman near the town Ust' Katav on the Yuryuzan River between Ufa and Cheliabinsk in the Ural Mountain region, ca. 1910.

Convict labour, from Sakhalin Island Island and other places, and Russian soldiers were drafted into railway-building service. One of the largest obstacles was Lake Baikal, some 60 km (40 mi) east of Irkutsk. Lake Baikal is more than 640 km (400 mi) long and over 1,600 m (5,000 feet) deep. The line ended on each side of the lake and a special icebreaker ferryboat was purchased from England to connect the railway. In the winter sleighs were used to move passengers and cargo from one side of the lake to the other until the completion of the Lake Baikal spur along the southern edge of the lake. With the completion of the Amur River line north of the Chinese border in 1916, there was a continuous railway from Petrograd to Vladivostok that remains to this day the world's longest railway line. Electrification of the line, begun in 1929 and completed in 2002, allowed a doubling of train weights to 6,000 tonnes.

The first Poseidon Undersea Resort will be based on a private island in Fiji that has an existing resort, airstrip and infrastructure. The 225 acre island is surrounded by a 5000 acre lagoon that is 90 feet deep and has 200 feet of visibility in a protected environment. The setting is truly remarkable. The resort will have 48 luxury beach-front bungalows of 1500 square feet, each with private plunge pools. Other amenities include a nine-hole executive golf course, tennis courts, two fabulous spas, one with underwater treatment rooms; a health club, three restaurants, two bars, a marina, dive center, water sports pavilion and submarine base.
The underwater portion of the resort will be situated in 13 meters (40 feet) of water and will be linked to land with two piers providing access to two elevators. The underwater facilities will include 24 luxury staterooms, a large restaurant and bar/lounge, a library, conference room, wedding chapel, underwater spa, and the Nautilus Suite which is an ultra-luxury accommodation with stunning undersea views that would impress even Capt. Nemo. Guests will only be able to book for week-long stays which will include two nights underwater, four nights in a luxury beach bungalow and the opportunity to learn to pilot your own private submarine in our pristine coral lagoon. All meals and drinks are included with the exception of specialty wines and liquors. Also included are all water sports, diving and most other activities as well as transportation to and from Fiji’s international airport aboard one of our luxury private aricraft.

The Grand Canyon Skywalk is a tourist attraction along the Colorado River on the edge of the Grand Canyon (Grand Canyon West) in the U.S. state of Arizona.

Commissioned by the Hualapai Indian tribe, it was unveiled March 20, 2007, and opened to the general public on March 28, 2007. It is accessed via the Grand Canyon West terminal or 120 mile drive from Las Vegas (which includes an unpaved and bumpy 14-mile stretch).

The horseshoe-shaped glass walkway, at a 1,200 meter (4,000 foot) height above the floor of the canyon exceeds those of the world's largest skyscrapers.[1] The Skywalk is not directly above the main canyon, Granite Gorge, which contains the Colorado River, but instead extends over a side canyon and affords a view into the main canyon.[2] USGS topographic maps[1] show the elevation at the Skywalk's location as 1454m (4,770 ft) and the elevation of the Colorado River in the base of the canyon as 354m (1,161 ft).

The Burj Dubai (Arabic: برج دبي "Dubai Tower") is a supertall skyscraper currently under construction in the "New Downtown" of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Although not yet complete, it is currently the tallest high-rise building in the world. When it is completed, it will be the tallest man-made structure in the world. Scheduled for occupancy in 2009, the building is part of a 2 km² (1 mi²) development located at the "First Interchange" (aka "Defence roundabout") along Sheikh Zayed Road at Doha Street. Skidmore, Owings and Merrill LLP (SOM) of Chicago is the lead architect, structural engineer and mechanical engineer of the Burj. George Efstathiou of SOM is the Managing Partner on the project, while Adrian Smith, formerly of SOM, was the Design Partner.

The SnowCastle of Kemi is the biggest snow castle in the world. It is rebuilt every winter with a different architecture in Kemi, Finland. In 1996 the first snow castle drew no less than 300,000 visitors.

The area covered by the castle has varied from 13,000 to over 20,000 square meters. The highest towers have been over 20 meters high and longest walls over 1,000 meters long, and the castle has had up to three stories. Despite its varying configurations, the snow castle has a few recurring elements: a chapel, a restaurant and a hotel.

* The SnowRestaurant has ice tables and seats covered with reindeer fur, as well as ice sculptures.

* The ecumenical SnowChapel with 50-100 seats has seen numerous weddings of couples from as far away as Japan and Hong Kong.

* The SnowHotel offers a choice of double rooms and a honeymoon suite, all of which are decorated by local artists using local materials.

The SnowCastle of Kemi also hosts such things as an adventure land for kids, a theatre and ice art exhibitions with lights and sound effects. Many opera singers and dancers have performed in the SnowCastle of Kemi.

The Seikan Submarine Tunnel was opened in March 1988 and runs beneath the seabed of the Tsugaru Strait, which separates the southern edge of Hokkaido from Aomori Prefecture on the northern edge of the mainland. This tunnel is a part of a railway that runs between Aomori City and Hakodate City in just two and a half hours, and was named by combining the two characters and pronunciations of Aomori City's "Ao (Sei)" and Hakodate City's "Hako (Kan)". The length of 53.85 kilometers (33.5 miles) makes it world's longest, though its 23.3 kilometers (14.5 miles) of submarine portion was outdistanced by the 37.5-kilometer (23.3-mile) Euro Tunnel which opened in 1994. The railway track runs 240 meters (787 feet) below the sea surface, and is the deepest railway line in the world. The advanced civil engineering technologies have been rated highly that made it possible for the tunnel to run below 140-meter-deep (459-foot-deep) water as well as 100 meters (328 feet) below the seabed.

The tunnel was designed with gentle curves and slopes for possible future use by Shinkansen (bullet trains). In addition, high-strength rails suitable for Shinkansen (bullet trains) have been used.

There are two stations inside the tunnel: Tappi Kaitei Station on the Aomori side, and Yoshioka Kaitei Station on the Hokkaido side. They are both located just under the coastal line. In these two station buildings-which are rare submarine stations-tour courses have been established with reference displays of the Tsugaru Strait and the Seikan Tunnel.

The Millau Viaduct (French: le Viaduc de Millau) is a large cable-stayed road-bridge that spans the valley of the River Tarn near Millau in southern France. Designed by English architect Norman Foster and French bridge engineer Michel Virlogeux, it is the tallest vehicular bridge in the world, with one pier's summit at 343 metres (1,125 ft)—slightly taller than the Eiffel Tower and only 38 m (125 ft) shorter than the Empire State Building. It was formally dedicated on 14 December 2004 and opened to traffic two days later.
The bridge’s construction broke three world records:

* The highest pylons in the world: pylons P2 and P3, 244.96 and 221.05 metres in height respectively, broke the French record previously held by the Tulle and Verrières Viaducts (141m), and the world record previously held by the Kochertal Viaduct (Germany), which peaked at 181 metres;
* The highest mast in the world: the height of the mast atop pile P2, peaks at 343m.
* The highest road bridge deck in the world, which is 270m above the Tarn River at its highest point. Only the bridge deck of the Royal Gorge Bridge (321m) in Colorado, United States is higher, and is considered the highest bridge in the world.

The Delta Works are a number of constructions that were built between 1950 and 1997 in the southwest of the Netherlands to protect a large area of land from the sea. The works consist of dams, sluices, locks, dikes and storm surge barriers. The aim of the dams, sluices and storm surge barriers was to shorten the Dutch coastline and limit the amount of dikes that were to be heightened.
History

The estuaries of the rivers Rhine, Meuse and Scheldt have been subject to many floodings over the centuries. After building the Afsluitdijk, the Dutch started studying the damming of the Rhine-Meuse Delta. Plans were developed for shortening the coastline and turning the estuary into freshwater lakes. By shortening the coastline less dikes would have to be reinforced.

Due to indecision and the Second World War, these plans remained studies and little action was taken. In 1950 two small estuary mouths, the Brielse Gat near Brielle and the Botlek near Vlaardingen were dammed. After the North Sea flood of 1953, a commission was installed which had to come up with a plan to research the causes and seek measures to prevent such disasters in future. They revised some of the old plans and came up with the so called "Deltaplan".

[edit] Lay-out of the plan

The plan consisted of blocking the estuary-mouths of the Oosterschelde, the Haringvliet and the Grevelingen. This reduced the amount of dykes exposed to the sea by approximately 400 miles. The estuary-mouths of the Nieuwe Waterweg and the Westerschelde were to remain open because of the shipping routes to the ports of Rotterdam and Antwerp. The dikes along these waterways were to be heightened and strengthened. The works would be combined with road and waterway infrastructure to stimulate the economy of the province of Zeeland and improve the connection between the port of Rotterdam and Antwerp.

[edit] Alterations to the plan during the execution of the Works

During the execution of the works alterations were made due to pressure from society. In the Nieuwe Waterweg heightening and the associated widening of the dikes proved very difficult because of many historic buildings standing in the way. Therefore a storm surge barrier would be built (the Maeslantkering) and dikes were only partly heightened.
Oosterscheldekering, the largest of 13 Delta Works' dams.
Oosterscheldekering, the largest of 13 Delta Works' dams.

The Oosterschelde was originally to be dammed and turned into a fresh water lake. The saltwater nature and the fishing of oysters would have then been lost. Environmentalists and fishermen combined their efforts to stop this and successfully pressed parliament to make amendments to the original plan. Instead of completely damming the estuary mouth, a storm surge barrier would be built.

The storm surge barrier only closes when the sea-level is expected to rise above 3 meters above mean sea-level. Under normal conditions the estuary mouth is open and salt water flows in and out with the tide. Consequently, the weak dikes along the Oosterschelde needed to be strengthened. This strengthening had not been done yet because the Oosterschelde would be dammed. Over 200 km of dike needed new revetments. The connections between the Eastern Scheldt and the neighboring Haringvliet had to be dammed to limit the effect of the salt water. Extra dams and locks were needed at the east part of the Oosterschelde to create a shipping route between the ports of Rotterdam and Antwerp.

The idea of a canal linking the Mediterranean to the Red Sea dates back to ancient times. Unlike the modern Canal, earlier ones linked the Red Sea to the Nile, therefore forcing the ships to sail along the River on their journey from Europe to India. It has been suggested that the first Canal was dug during the reign of Tuthmosis III, although more solid evidence credits the Pharaoh Necho (Sixth Century BC) for the attempt. During the Persian invasion of Egypt, King Darius I ordered the Canal completed. The Red Sea Canal, consisted of two parts: the first linking the Gulf of Suez to the Great Bitter Lake, and the second connecting the Lake to one of the Nile branches in the Delta. The canal remained in good condition during the Ptolemaic era, but fell into disrepair afterwards. It was re-dug during the rule of the Roman Emperor Trajan, and later the Arab ruler Amr Ibn-Al-Aas. Over the years, it fell again into disrepair, and was completely abandoned upon the discovery of the trade route around Africa.

It was Napoleon's engineers who, around 1800 AD, revived the idea of a shorter trade route to India via a Suez Canal. However, the calculation carried out by the French engineers showed a difference in level of 10 meters between both seas. If constructed under such circumstances, a large land area would be flooded. Later, the calculations showed to be wrong, and the final attempt to dig the Canal was undertaken by former French Consul in Cairo and famous Canal digger Ferdinand de Lesseps. He was granted a "firman" or decree by the khedive Said of Egypt to run the Canal for 99 years after completion.

In 1859, Egyptian workers started working on the construction of the Canal in conditions described by historians as slave labor, and the project was completed around 1867. On November 17, 1869, the Canal was officially inaugurated by Khedive Ismail in an extravagant and lavish ceremony. French, British, Russian, and other Royalty were invited for the inauguration which coincided with the re-planning of Cairo. A highway was constructed linking Cairo to the new city of Ismailia, an Opera House was built, and Verdi was commissioned to compose his famous opera, "Aida" for the opening ceremony. Ironically, Verdi did not complete the work in time and "Aida" premiered at the Cairo Opera a year later.

The Suez Canal emerged on the political scene in 1956, during the Suez crisis. It was in July of that years the Egyptian president Nasser, at age 38, announced the nationalization of the Canal at Mansheya Square in Alexandria in front of a cheering crowd. His decision was in response to the British, French, and American refusal for a loan aimed at building the Aswan High Dam. The revenue from the Canal, he argued, would help finance the High Dam project. The announcement triggered a swift reaction by Great Britain, France, and Israel, who all invaded Egypt less than two months later. Their action would be condemned by the International community, and Nasser would eventually claim victorious.

In 1967, the Canal was closed at the wake of the Six-Day War, when Israel occupied the Sinai Peninsula, causing the Canal to act as a buffer zone between the fighting forces. The Egyptians reclaimed the Canal upon the 1973 Arab-Israeli War, and the re-opening ceremony took place in 1975. Since then, the Canal, which stretches 167 kms across the Egyptian desert, has been widened twice. Today, approximately 50 ships cross the canal daily, and, with the threat of war long gone, the cities and beaches along the Bitter Lakes and the Canal serve as a summer resort for tourists.

The Internet is a worldwide, publicly accessible network of interconnected computer networks that transmit data by packet switching using the standard Internet Protocol (IP). It is a "network of networks" that consists of millions of smaller domestic, academic, business, and government networks, which together carry various information and services, such as electronic mail, online chat, file transfer, and the interlinked Web pages and other documents of the World Wide Web.

The Panama Canal (Spanish: Canal de Panamá) is a major ship canal that traverses the Isthmus of Panama in Central America, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Construction of the canal was one of the largest and most difficult engineering projects ever undertaken. It has had an enormous impact on shipping between the two oceans, obviating the long and treacherous route via the Drake Passage and Cape Horn at the southernmost tip of South America. A ship sailing from New York to San Francisco via the canal travels 9,500 km (6,000 miles), well under half the distance of the previous 22,500 km (14,000 mi) route around Cape Horn.[1] Although the concept of a canal near Panama dates back to the early 16th century, the first attempt to construct a canal began in 1880 under French leadership. After this attempt failed and saw 20,000 workers die, the project of building a canal was attempted and completed by the United States in Panama in 1914, when the canal opened. The building of the 77 km (48 mi) canal was plagued by problems, including disease (particularly malaria and yellow fever) and landslides. As many as 27,500 workers are estimated to have died during construction of the canal.
Since opening, the canal has been enormously successful, and continues to be a key conduit for international shipping. Each year more than 14,000 ships pass through the canal, carrying more than 203 million tons of cargo. By 2002 about 800,000 ships had used the canal altogether.[2]
The canal can accommodate vessels from small private yachts up to fairly large commercial ships. The maximum size of vessel that can use the canal is known as Panamax; an increasing number of modern ships exceed this limit, and are known as post-Panamax vessels. A typical passage through the canal by a cargo ship takes around nine hours. 14,011 vessels passed through in 2005, with a total capacity of 278.8 million tons, making an average of almost 40 vessels per day.[3]

he canal consists of seventeen artificial lakes, several improved and artificial channels, and two sets of locks. An additional artificial lake, Alajuela Lake, acts as a reservoir for the canal. The layout of the canal as seen by a ship transiting from the Pacific end to the Atlantic is as follows:[4]


A schematic of the Panama Canal, illustrating the sequence of locks and passages
Due to the local geography the main direction of sailing is North-West, whereas the global direction from Pacific to Atlantic is East.
From the beginning of the buoyed entrance channel in the Gulf of Panama, ships travel 13.2 kilometres (8.2 mi) up the channel to the Miraflores locks, passing under the Bridge of the Americas
The two-stage Miraflores lock system, including the approach wall, is 1.7 kilometres (1.1 mi) long, with a total lift of 16.5 meters (54 ft) at mid-tide
The artificial Miraflores Lake is the next stage, 1.7 kilometers (1.0 mi) long, and 16.5 metres (54 ft) above sea level
The single-stage Pedro Miguel lock, which is 1.4 kilometres (0.8 mi) long, is the last part of the ascent with a lift of 9.5 meters (31 ft) up to the main level of the canal
The Gaillard (Culebra) Cut slices 12.6 kilometres (7.8 mi) through the continental divide at an altitude of 26 metres (85 ft), and passes under the Centennial Bridge
The Chagres River (Río Chagres), a natural waterway enhanced by the damming of Lake Gatún, runs west about 8.5 kilometres (5.3 mi), merging into Lake Gatun
Gatun Lake, an artificial lake formed by the building of the Gatun Dam, carries vessels 24.2 kilometers (15.0 mi) across the isthmus
The Gatún locks, a three-stage flight of locks 1.9 kilometres (1.2 mi) long, drop ships back down to sea level
A 3.2 kilometer (2.0 mi) channel forms the approach to the locks from the Atlantic side
Limón Bay (Bahía Limón), a huge natural harbour, provides an anchorage for some ships awaiting transit, and runs 8.7 kilometers (5.4 mi) to the outer breakwater

Petronas Towers, twin skyscrapers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, that are the world's tallest twin towers. Standing 1,483 ft (452 m) high, they were designed by the Argentinean-American architect Cesar Pelli. Completed in 1997, they surpassed Chicago's Sears Tower as the record-holding tallest structure; they themselves were surpassed by Taipei 101 in 2003. The twin towers house Petronas, Malaysia's government-owned oil company, as well as associated Malaysian firms and multinational companies. Part of a large burst of construction that marked the country's 1990s economic boom, the buildings stand at the northern end of a projected high-tech business zone, the Malaysia Multimedia Supercorridor. Built of steel-reinforced concrete columns clad in stainless steel and glass, with a design based on geometric patterns originating in ancient Islam, the 88-story buildings are connected at levels 41 and 42 by a double-decker pedestrian skybridge, and each tower is surmounted by a 242-ft-high (74-m) pinnacle. At the lower level, the Petronas Towers also include a concert hall that is home to the Malaysian Philharmonic and a business reference library.

The Palm Islands, also referred to as The Palm Dubai and The Palms, are the three largest man-made islands in the world, which are being built on the coast of the emirate of Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Its concept was announced in May 2002 and the three resort islands are expected to maintain Dubai's position as a premium tourist destination. The Palm Islands is also the self-declared 'Eighth Wonder of the World'.

Each of the islands (Palm Jumeirah, Palm Jebel Ali, and Palm Deira) are being built in the shape of a date palm tree and consist of a trunk, a crown with fronds, and are surrounded by a crescent island that acts as a breakwater. The islands will support luxury hotels, freehold residential villas, unique water homes, shoreline apartments, marinas, water theme parks, restaurants, shopping malls, sports facilities, health spas, cinemas and various diving sites.

Bionic Tower Render

January 1997, a full team of architects, engineers, biologists and designers join their capacities and investigations and start to develop the Prototype "Bionic Vertical Space" ideologically and physically. The result is presented at the "III International Conference IFHS", as a lecture titled "Conquest of Vertical Space in the 21st Century - International Conference on Multipurpose High-Rise Towers and Tall Buildings" organized by "The Concrete Society" in London, October, 1997. The Original Lecture is signed by the Architects Eloy Celaya, Javier G. Pioz and the Engineer Javier Manrique.
At that moment "Bionic Tower Vertical City" starts its pace and development until the beginning of the year 2001, being this project directed by Architects Eloy Celaya, Javier Gómez Pioz and Mª Rosa Cervera.

Actually "Bionic Tower" Project is known all around the world and it is trying to establish its final situation and the necessary infrastructure to carry out the project.

Future, uncertain, but hopeful. At present, Eloy Celaya, architect and Master of Sciences in Advanced Architectural Design Columbia University (New York), is developing a Research Project parallel to the development of "Bionic Tower" Project which shall be finished shortly including the publication of a "Graphic Dictionary of high rise architecture model evolution", and a main subject "Frontiers on evolution of high rise architecture models".

This frontiers have existed along the short race of high rise structures, and will allow us to understand where we are now regarding height limits, and to know if the limit around 500 meters high will be surpassed during the next years or otherwise we'll have to wait till the research developed for "Bionic Tower Vertical City" Project can be applied to the construction of a city 1.228 meters high.

While this moment comes, this technology is being applied to develop different types of buildings. (PROJECTS).

The Dubai The World is being built in the sea No double agenda here or attempted abstraction, but a flat direct representation of the world as it is usually mapped. The rounded edge of the card is included in a circular that protects the island of the archipelago of islands in the rough sea and erosion.
The world is a man archipelago of 300 islands in the shape of a world map currently under construction off the coast of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The World is part of a series of artificial island projects in Dubai, with the Palm Islands, and like the other islands The world is built primarily using sand dredged from the sea The World is the brainchild of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, ruler of Dubai.
Each island ranges from 23000 m² 84000 m² (250000-900000 square feet or 5.7-21 acres) in size, at 50-100 m of water between each island. The development will cover an area of 9 km long and 6 miles wide, surrounded by an oval breakwater. The only means of transportation between the islands will be by boat and helicopter. Prices for the islands range from $ 15 million (USD) to $ 45 million (USD). The average price of an island will be approximately $ 25 million (USD). Dredging began in 2004 and in March 2007 the world is around 90%.
Sketches of how the islands look at the end.
It is owned and is being built by Nakheel Properties (Nakheel Corp.)
It will be located 4.1 km off the coast of Jumeirah, near Palm Jumeirah, between Burj Al Arab and Port Rashid in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
The world is sometimes mistakenly called Palm World. It is also known as the Globe islands.

FACT SHEET:
- The world involves the creation of more than 300 man made islands which are supposed to represent the world map

The vision of the world The project has been provided by His Highness General Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Minister of Defense and the United Arab Emirates was officially released September 21, 2003

- The islands will be built in the shape of the world map and consist of four protective dikes outside the perimeters to provide shelter and long cross-shore waves. The inner breakwater will be a submerged reef and the outer breakwater will be above water

- Located near the coast of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, The World is located 4 kilometers off from a point halfway between Port Rashid and The Palm, Jumeirah

- The World of construction began in September 2003, after many years of research. The project is scheduled to be completely raised from the sea in 2008.

- Investors will have the freedom to create their own personal vision on the islands for private or commercial use, such as recreation, housing and tourism. The 300 islands will be offered for sale on a freehold basis to individual investors only

- Nakheel will hand over the islands to investors once the lands were recovered in 2008.

- The world will be about 9 km long and 7 km wide. It will cover more than 9340000 square meters, and will add 232 km from the beach on the coast of Dubai.

- All the islands range from 150000 m² 450000 m² feet feet in size, with an average of the island is approximately 300000 square feet

-326 Million cubic meters of sand will be used to form islands

-32 Millions of tons of rock will be used to construct the dike

- The islands, prices range from 10 million-45 million

- The average distance between the islands is 50-100 meters, with an average depth of water in the waterways of at least 5 meters

- The world is a complex network of islands-Nakheel integrates a series of rivers, canals and lakes to improve the design

All 300 islands will only be accessible by air or sea, world-class dock for pleasure boats, yachts and cruise ships. 2 continent service yachting world. 4 hub islands in the world will serve the islands.

Construction on The World is day and night, 24 hours a day, seven days a week

The main contractors for the world are Van Oord ACZ Marine Contractors Gulf FZE Dubai - who are responsible for land reclamation, dredging and breakwater. This is the largest project Van Oord has undertaken in the region

The giant trailers used to build the world can handle 20-25 miles cubic meters of sand at any time and require a water depth of at least 12 meters to function.