Vladivostok Владивосток

            Vladivostok (Russian: Владивосто́к) is a city and the administrative center of Primorsky Krai, Russia, situated at the head of the Golden Horn Bay, not far from Russia's borders with China and North Korea. The highest point is Mount Kholodilnik, the height of which is 257 meters (843 ft). The population of the city, according to the preliminary results of the 2010 Census, is 592,069. The city is the home port of the Russian Pacific Fleet and the largest Russian port on the Pacific Ocean.

            The main buildings are The Maxim Gorky Academic Theater, The Arsenyev Primorye Museum (Приморский государственный объединенный музей имени В.К. Арсеньева), and The Church of Our Lady's Protection ( Храм Покрова Пресвятой Богородицы).

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Swans

            Swans, genus Cygnus, are birds of the family Anatidae, which also includes geese and ducks. Swans are grouped with the closely related geese in the subfamily Anserinae where they form the tribe Cygnini. The Northern Hemisphere species of swan have pure white plumage but the Southern Hemisphere species are mixed black and white. Swan species are Cygnus olor (mute swan), Cygnus atratus (black swan), Cygnus melancoryphus (black-necked swan), Cygnus cygnus (whooper swan), Cygnus buccinator (trumpeter swan), Cygnus columbianus (tundra swan), Cygnus bewickii (Bewick's swan).
           The swans are the largest members of the waterfowl family Anatidae, and are among the largest flying birds. The largest species, including the mute swan, trumpeter swan, and whooper swan, can reach length of over 1.5 m (60 inches) and weigh over 15 kg (33 pounds). Their wingspans can be almost 3 m (10 ft).

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Pigs

          A pig is any of the animals in the genus Sus, within the Suidae family of even-toed ungulates. Pigs include the domestic pig, its ancestor the wild boar, and several other wild relatives. Pigs are omnivores, which means that they consume both plants and animals, and are highly social and intelligent animals. Older pigs will consume three to five gallons of water per day. With around 1 billion individuals alive at any time, the domesticated pig is one of the most numerous large mammals on the planet.

         A typical pig has a large head with a long snout which is strengthened by a special prenasal bone and by a disk of cartilage at the tip. The snout is used to dig into the soil to find food and is a very acute sense organ.

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Winnipeg lake

             Lake Winnipeg is a large, 24,514-square-kilometre (9,465 sq mi) lake in central North America, in the province of Manitoba, Canada, with its southern tip about 55 kilometres (34 mi) north of the city of Winnipeg. Because of its long, narrow shape, the lake exhibits a variety of interesting wind and wave effects, including temporary water level rises of up to one metre in height at its southern shore, a process called seiche. It is the largest lake within the borders of southern Canada, and it is part of the most undeveloped large watershed of southern Canada.

            It is the sixth-largest freshwater lake in Canada, and the third-largest freshwater lake contained entirely within Canada, but it is relatively shallow (mean depth of 12 m (39 ft)) excluding a narrow 36 m (118 ft) deep channel between the northern and southern basins. It is the eleventh-largest freshwater lake on Earth. 

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Mastiff dogs

               A mastiff is a breed of large dog often used as guard dogs. Main mastiff breeds are: English Mastiff, Alpine Mastiff, American Mastiff, Anatolian Mastiff, Argentinian Mastiff, French Mastiff, Bullmastiff, Bully Kutta, German Mastiff, Japanese Mastiff, Korean Mastiff, Perro de Presa Canario, Pyrenean Mastiff, South African Mastiff, Spanish Mastiff, Tibetan Mastiff. In 1886 at a dog show in Copenhagen was established a breed standard, but this dog was named "Large Danish dog", too.
              The Mastiff is a very massive, powerful, muscular dog. Dominance levels vary, even within the same litter, but they are often called a gentle giant. A born guard dog, they rarely bark, but it is in its nature to defend their territory and family, and is more a silent guard rather than a barker. When an intruder is caught they are more likely to hold them at bay, either by trapping them in a corner or laying on top of them rather than an all out attack. You do not need to train them to guard. No matter how friendly they are, if they sense danger they will naturally guard on their own unless the owners are there to tell them otherwise.

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Mount Matterhorn

             Mount Matterhorn (Monte Cervino) is a mountain in the Pennine Alps on the border between Switzerland and Italy. Its summit is 4,478 metres (14,690 ft) high, making it one of the highest peaks in the Alps. The Matterhorn has become an iconic emblem of the Swiss Alps and the Alps in general. Since the end of the 19th century, when railways were built, it attracted more and more visitors and climbers. The Matterhorn has become an iconic emblem of the Swiss Alps and the Alps in general. Each summer a large number of mountaineers try to climb the Matterhorn via the northeast Hörnli ridge, the most popular route to the summit.
             The Matterhorn has a pyramidal shape with four faces facing the four compass points: the north and east faces overlook, respectively, the Zmutt valley and Gornergrat ridge in Switzerland, the south face (the only one south of the Swiss-Italian border) fronts the resort town of Breuil-Cervinia, and the west face looks towards the mountain of Dent d'Hérens which straddles the border.

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Colorado river

           The Colorado River is the principal river of the southwestern United States and northwest Mexico. The 1,450-mile (2,330 km) river drains an expansive, arid watershed that encompasses parts of seven U.S. and two Mexican states. Rising in the central Rocky Mountains in the U.S., the river flows generally southwest across the Colorado Plateau before reaching Lake Mead on the Arizona–Nevada line, where it turns south towards the international border. After entering Mexico, the Colorado forms a large delta, emptying into the Gulf of California between Baja California and Sonora. The Colorado is joined by over 25 significant tributaries, of which the Green River is the largest by both length and discharge.

          Colorado cross the following cities: Grand Junction, Moab, Page, Bullhead City, Lake Havasu City,  Yuma, San Luis Rio Colorado.

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