MYSTERIES WONDERS AND AMAZING THINGS OF THE WORLD

Continuous increase in population in urban areas is making land a very scarce resource. Japan has used an innovative idea and state of the art technology to build an entire airport on an artificial island.    Kansai airport opened on 4th September 1994. Authorities faced very difficult challenges to keep the structure upright against violent and extreme environmental conditions of Japan. One of the major problems faced by engineers was that the whole structure was sinking by a higher rate as expected at the time of its construction. However, this problem has been solved by the engineers and now the rate of sinking of this mega structure is nominal. Kansai international airport is connected to the mainland by a road/railroad bridge, commonly known as Sky Gate Bridge. It is the longest double-decked truss bridge in the world. It has three lanes for automobile traffic and two rail below over nine truss spans. 

Borobudur is a Mahayana Buddhist temple which was build in 9th century during the reign of Syailendra dynasty. It is considered to be the world's largest Buddhist temple which makes it one of the greatest Buddhist monuments in the world. Its design and style shows significant Indian architectural influence on the region. The area covered by this enormous temple is 123 x 123 meters. The monument is decorated with 2,672 relief panels and 504 Buddha statues. The most amazing thing about this marvelous design is that it was build without using any kind of mortar or cement. The whole structure is build by interlocking carefully designed Lego like blocks which held together without any material.  It is believed that this is the largest and most complete ensemble of Buddhist reliefs in the world.

Greenland island holds two unique records. Besides largest island of the world, it is the country with lowest population density. According to census of 2013, total population of Greenland was found to be about 56,480.  Three quarters of the island is covered by the only permanent ice sheet outside Antarctica.  

Bosphorus bridge connects the continent of Asia with Europe. This bridge is located in Istanbul, Turkey.