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Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks
Bordering the Banff, Jasper, Kootenay and Yoho National Parks and Mount Robson, Mount Assiniboine and Humber Provincial Parks, the region is dotted with peaks, glaciers, lakes, waterfalls, canyons and limestone caves, creating a stunning mountain landscape. The Burgess Shale fossil site is also located here, famous for its fossil remains of soft-bodied marine animals.
Kilimanjaro National Park
Mount Kilimanjaro, at 5,895 meters above sea level, is the highest point in Africa. This volcanic massif stands in stark contrast to the surrounding plains, with its snow-capped peak towering over the savannah. The mountain is surrounded by mountain forests. Many mammals, many of which are endangered species, live in the park.
Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River National Park
The park features spectacular limestone karst landscapes and an underground river. A major feature of the river is that it flows directly into the sea, with the lower reaches partly affected by tides. The area is also an important habitat for biodiversity conservation. The area has a complete "mountain-sea" ecosystem and contains the most important forests in Asia.
Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra
The 2.5 million hectare Sumatran Rainforest Heritage includes three national parks: Gunung Leuser National Park, Kerinci Seblat National Park and Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park. The site has the greatest potential for the long-term conservation of Sumatra's unique and diverse biomes, including many endangered species. The protected area is home to approximately 10,000 plant species, including 17 endemic genera; more than 200 mammal species; and approximately 580 bird species, of which 465 are resident and 21 are endemic. Of the mammals, 22 are Asian species not found elsewhere in the archipelago, and 15 are found only in Indonesia, including the endemic Sumatran orangutan. The site also provides biogeographical evidence of the island's evolution.
Rainforests of the Atsinanana
The Achinanana rainforests include six national parks spread across the eastern part of the island. These remnant forests are essential for the ongoing ecological processes necessary to sustain Madagascar's unique biodiversity, reflecting the island's geological history. At the end of the last century, Madagascar's plants and animals evolved in isolation more than 60 million years ago. The rainforests are remembered for their importance to ecological and biological processes, as well as for their biodiversity and the endangered species they support. Many species are rare, with primates and lemurs being particularly threatened.
Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park
The park, formerly known as Uluru (Ayers Rock - Mount Olgas) National Park, features spectacular geological formations that dominate the vast red sandy plains of central Australia. Uluru is a huge monolith and Kata Tjuta is a rock dome located west of Uluru that formed part of the traditional belief system of one of the oldest human societies in the world. The traditional owners of Uluru-Kata Tjuta are the Anangu Aboriginal people.
Pre-Hispanic City and National Park of Palenque
Palenque is an example of a Maya sacred site from the Classic period, which reached its peak between 500 and 700 AD and whose influence spread throughout the Usumacinta River valley. The elegance and craftsmanship of the architecture, as well as the lightness of the reliefs with Maya mythological themes, are testament to the creative genius of this civilization.
Noel Kempff Mercado National Park
The national park is one of the largest (1,523,000 hectares) and best preserved in the Amazon Basin. The park ranges in altitude from 200 to nearly 1,000 meters and contains a variety of habitat types, from Cerrado savannah and forest to high evergreen Amazon forest. The park's evolutionary history dates back more than a billion years to the Cambrian period. The park is home to approximately 4,000 plant species, more than 600 bird species, and many globally endangered or threatened vertebrate populations.
Lake Turkana National Parks
Lake Turkana is the saltiest large lake in Africa and an excellent laboratory for studying plant and animal communities. The three national parks are stopovers for migrating waterfowl and major breeding grounds for Nile crocodiles, hippos, and a variety of venomous snakes. The Koubi Fora sediments, rich in mammal, mollusk, and other fossil remains, have contributed more to our understanding of paleoenvironments than any other site on the continent.
Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas
Located in the mountainous northwestern part of Yunnan Province, the Three Parallel Rivers National Park consists of a cluster of eight geographical reserves covering an area of 1.7 million hectares and encompasses the upper reaches of Asia’s three great rivers: the Yangtze (Jinsha), the Mekong and the Salween, flowing roughly parallel from north to south through steep canyons, some up to 3,000 metres deep, and surrounded by glacial peaks over 6,000 metres high. The reserve is the centre of biodiversity in China. It is also one of the most biodiverse temperate regions in the world.
Sangha Trinational
Located in the northwest of the Congo Basin, at the border of Cameroon, the Central African Republic and Congo, the site includes three connected national parks with a total area of approximately 750,000 hectares. Largely untouched by human activity, the site features a wide variety of moist tropical forest ecosystems with a rich variety of flora and fauna, including Nile crocodiles and large predators such as giant tiger fish. Forest clearings provide habitat for herbaceous plants, and Sanga is home to a large population of forest elephants, critically endangered western lowland gorillas and endangered chimpanzees. The site's environment preserves the continuation of large-scale ecological and evolutionary processes, as well as a rich biodiversity, including many endangered animal species.
Limutai Scenic Area
Limutai Scenic Area is a national geological park, a national forest park, and a national 4A-level tourist attraction, affiliated to Tianjin Limutai Tourism Co., Ltd. There are lush mountains and more than 80 main peaks in the scenic area, and the main peak, Limutai Mountain, is 997 meters above sea level. Here, the peaks and valleys are majestic and dangerous, the vast forests are beautiful and secluded, the pools and waterfalls flow, and the vines climb and entwine. It is called "Tianjin Shennongjia" and "Northern Tropical Rainforest" by experts and scholars. There are Archean rocks formed about 2.6-3.5 billion years ago, which naturally formed geological wonders such as Qianceng Rock Painting Ridge, Dengtian Crack, Wuzhi Mountain, and Wanjuan Tianshu. The Northern Qi Great Wall built more than 1,400 years ago is also preserved here, winding and magnificent. Walking into Limutai, the lively streams, the swaying green trees, the fresh air, and the magnificent rock paintings, everything makes people daydream. The legendary Limutai, a landscape painting outside the world, welcomes you!
Wuyuezhai Scenic Area
Wuyuezhai, a national forest park and AAAA-level tourist area, is located at the eastern foot of Taihang Mountain, in the deep mountainous area in the northwest of Lingshou County, Hebei Province. It is named because of the five peaks standing side by side and the characteristics of the Five Mountains. Wuyuezhai Forest Park is developed and managed by Hebei Wuyuezhai Tourism Development Co., Ltd. The park is part of the Manshan Nature Reserve in Hebei Province, with a total area of 88 square kilometers. In December 2000, it was approved as a national forest park by the State Forestry Administration, and has maintained the titles of "Hebei Province Tourist Scenic Spot (Point) Comprehensive Management Standard Unit" and "Shijiazhuang Top Ten Tourist Attractions" for many years. The scenic area successfully passed the ISO9000 and ISO14000 quality and environmental system certification in 2004. In the same year, it was rated as an AAAA-level tourist area by the National Tourism Administration. In 2006, it was rated as a Hebei Provincial Geopark. At present, it is actively applying for Wuyuezhai National Geopark. The scenic area is high in mountains and dense in forests, with colorful flowers, green mountains, and waves in the sea of clouds. The temperature is humid and cool, the air is fresh, and the flora and fauna and water resources are extremely rich, with hundreds of large and small waterfalls. The subalpine meadow at an altitude of more than 2,000 meters can bring tourists to the realm of the Bashang grassland where "cattle and sheep can be seen when the wind blows the grass low". Coupled with the secluded and dangerous peaks and valleys and the strong characteristics of the frontier area, the scenic area has become a high-quality, multifunctional natural scenic area integrating tourism, fitness and recuperation, summer vacation, adventure, mountaineering and scientific investigation.
Saihanba
Saihanba is located on the southeast edge of the Inner Mongolia Plateau, at the junction of the Inner Mongolia Plateau and the northern Hebei Mountains. It is located between the Inner Mongolia Lava Plateau and the northern Hebei Mountains. It is mainly a plateau terrace. It is 51.46 kilometers long from east to west and 17.84 kilometers wide from north to south. The regional altitude is 1500-1939.6 meters and the area is 20029 hectares. In history, Saihanba was a place with abundant water and grass, dense forests, and abundant animals. It was called "Thousand Miles of Pine Forest" during the Liao and Jin Dynasties and was once used as a hunting place for the emperor. Main attractions: Saihanba National Forest Park, Qixing Lake, Taifeng Lake, Moon Lake, Yudaokou Grassland Forest Scenic Area, etc.
Jiushanding Natural Scenic Area
Jiulongshan National Forest Park is located in Chuanfangyu, east of Jixian County, with a total area of 2,126 hectares. It has three major scenic spots: Jiulongshan, Limutaishan and Huanghuashan. It was approved as a forest park in 1995 and upgraded to a national forest park in 1997. It is currently the largest and only mountain national forest park in Tianjin. In the deep valley in the northeast of the park, nine ridges stand in a row, just like nine dragons gathering together, hence the name Jiulongshan. The park is one of the 50 ecological environment tourism lines in the country. The ancient address, dense forests and abundant water sources have formed a unique ecological environment here. The secluded forests, ancient caves, strange peaks and beautiful waters show the infinite charm of nature. There are beautiful views in all seasons, and the scenery is different. Experts highly evaluate Jiulongshan Park as: "A paradise on earth, a holiday paradise and a place for health preservation."