BEAT THE HEAT: It's August. Save yourself! Get wet at 10 awesome water parks.

Everybody in the pool! JASON COCHRAN finds 10 amazing water parks for a quick dip, from Dubai to nearby

ALTHOUGH there are some 1,600 places across the planet that call themselves “water parks,” glorious than a few minutes’ diversion on a wet ramp or two.

But just as ride technology at land-lubbing amusement parks has leapt forward in recent years, innovations at an elite group of water-slide parks are bringing the old raft-and-hill racket into the next century. Here are 10 of the world’s best — and what makes them so slick.

Ten best waterparks of the world:

• Wet’n Wild - Florida - USA
• Schilitternbahn- Texas – USA
• Ocean Dome – Japan
• World Waterpark – Kanada
• Blizzard Beach – Florida – USA
• Wild Wadi Waterpark – Dubai – United Arab Emirates
• Water World – Colorado – USA
• Adaland – Kuşadası – Türkiye
• Splashin Safari – Indiana – USA
• Wavehouse – California - USA

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