The World's Heritage: A Complete Guide to the Most Extraordinary PlacesA guide to 878 UNESCO World Heritage sites, this publication is illustrated with over 650 full-color photographs. Location maps for every site are also included.--Publisher's description. |
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Page 440
... karst landscape due to the exceptional grouping of its limestone karst features which have been subject to repeated regression and Indian Ocean Sea transgression of the sea over time . The limestones of Ha Long Bay have been eroded into ...
... karst landscape due to the exceptional grouping of its limestone karst features which have been subject to repeated regression and Indian Ocean Sea transgression of the sea over time . The limestones of Ha Long Bay have been eroded into ...
Page 456
... KARST AND SLOVAK KARST | MESSEL PIT FOSSIL SITE s 0 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985. Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst Hungary and Slovakia Criteria Major stages of Earth's history The variety of formations and the fact ...
... KARST AND SLOVAK KARST | MESSEL PIT FOSSIL SITE s 0 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985. Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst Hungary and Slovakia Criteria Major stages of Earth's history The variety of formations and the fact ...
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... karst formation of Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park has evolved since the Palaeozoic era , some 400 million years ago , and is the oldest major karst area in Asia . Subject to massive tectonic changes , the park's karst landscape is ...
... karst formation of Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park has evolved since the Palaeozoic era , some 400 million years ago , and is the oldest major karst area in Asia . Subject to massive tectonic changes , the park's karst landscape is ...
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Adriatic Sea ancient archaeological architecture associated with events Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Ocean AFRICA Baltic Sea Baroque biological processes Black Sea buildings built Caribbean Sea castle cathedral caves Church complex Criteria Interchange Criteria Significance Cultural Landscape cultural tradition decorated Earth's history ecological and biological ensemble EUROPE Mediterranean Sea events of universal forest fortified habitat for biodiversity Heritage associated Historic Centre houses Human creative genius human history important Indian Ocean Interchange of values island kmĀ² Major stages medieval Mediterranean Sea Mediterranean Sea AFRICA Monastery monuments Mosque mountain National Park Natural phenomena North Sea Ocean NORTH AMERICA outstanding example Pacific Ocean Palace phenomena or beauty preserved region river Roman Sea ASIA Significance in human Significant ecological Significant natural habitat sixteenth century SOUTH AMERICA species stages of Earth's stone temples Testimony to cultural tombs towers Traditional human settlement universal significance urban valley walls World Heritage World Heritage site