Red Sea: The presence of a type of cyanobacteria that turns the water a reddish-brown
Yellowstone National Park, USA: The Native Americans were the first to call it Yellowstone, not because of the colourful chemical reaction but yellow sandstones
Blue Hole, Belize: gets its name from the deep blue hue created by the giant underwater sinkhole. It is one of the greatest diving spots in the world
Red Rock Canyon: The canyon gets its iconic red colour from the oxidation of the iron materials in the sediments
Black Forest, Germany: famous for gothic architecture, pretty towns and densely packed evergreen forest that gives the region a very dark green colour
The Nilgiris, India: The mountain range gets its name from the clustered bloom of the Neelakurinji flowers
Chamarel Seven Colored Earth Geopark, Mauritius: This area has sand dunes of seven distinct colours. These beaches are nothing less than paradise
Blue Ridge Mountains, USA: It a part of the Appalachian range, popular for hiking and other adventure activities
Red Square, Russia: gets its name from the old Russian word for beautiful. Confused? In old Russian, the word used for ‘beautiful’ and ‘red’ is the same