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The Best Episodes of Nature's Great Events

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Documentary series looking at the most dramatic wildlife spectacles on our planet, showing how life responds to natural events which can dramatically transform entire landscapes.

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    Nature's Great Events Season 1 Episode 2 - The Great Salmon Run
    9.0/10(180 votes)

    #1 - The Great Salmon Run

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    Every year, the survival of grizzly bears in North America depends on a spectacular natural event: the return of hundreds of millions of salmon from the Pacific Ocean to the mountain streams where they were born. This great return provides food not only for bears, but for killer whales, wolves, bald eagles and the very forest itself. Will the salmon return in time to keep the hungry bears alive?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Nature's Great Events Season 1 Episode 1 - The Great Melt
    8.6/10(170 votes)

    #2 - The Great Melt

    S1:E1

    The summer melt of Arctic ice provides opportunities for millions of animals.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Nature's Great Events Season 1 Episode 3 - The Great Migration
    8.6/10(157 votes)

    #3 - The Great Migration

    S1:E3

    The story of a lion family's struggle to survive until the return of the great migration.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Nature's Great Events Season 1 Episode 4 - The Great Tide
    8.6/10(141 votes)

    #4 - The Great Tide

    S1:E4

    A look at the sardine run, which happens each winter along the South African coast.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Nature's Great Events Season 1 Episode 5 - The Great Flood
    8.6/10(133 votes)

    #5 - The Great Flood

    S1:E5

    Millions of animals time their migration across the Kalahari Desert to coincide with the the annual flooding of Botswana's Okavango Delta.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Nature's Great Events Season 1 Episode 6 - The Great Feast
    8.3/10(125 votes)

    #6 - The Great Feast

    S1:E6

    The summer plankton bloom in the north-east Pacific draws in animals in great numbers, from the billion-strong shoals of herring to migratory humpback whales.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Great Salmon Run" is the best rated episode of "Nature's Great Events". It scored 9/10 based on 180 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 2/18/2009. This episode scored 0.4 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Great Melt".