Pamukkale

Pamukkale is one of the most extraordinary natural wonders in Turkey. Dozens of coaches daily make the long excursion. Stay overnight if you can to enjoy its tranquillity early in the morning or in the evening. The big attraction is a vast white cliff side with scallop-shaped basins of water and frozen waterfalls. It looks as if it's made out of snow or cloud or balls of cotton. The scientific explanation is that hot thermal springs pouring down the hillside deposit calcium carbonate, which solidifies as travertine. If you take off your shoes, you can gingerly roam the terraces or paddle in the pools. The Turks have dubbed this geological fairyland Pamukkale, or "cotton castle". Here, in a landscape fascinating in its own right, the action of various mineral springs which contain calcium oxides has left fantastic concretions on the travertine structures. The resulting effect is spectacular: these mineral-rich waters have dripped down over a series of terraced levels designing bizarre solidified cascades, dazzling in their radiance and changing their color according to how the sunlight strikes them.

ACTIVITY 1

Answer this questions (copia y pega lo que necesites del texto para responder): • • • •

Where is Pamukkale? What is Pamukkale? What the mean of Pamukale? What the scientific explanation about this place?

ACTIVITY 2 Mark with yellow the most important ideas in the text. Then, copy them down.

ACTIVITY 3 Write five verbs and colour them with red, five adjectives with green and five nouns with blue. VERBS

ADJECTIVES

NOUNS

ACTIVITY 4 Using the ‘WordArt’ invent a slogan to invited the people to go to Pamukkale.