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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... species continue to be discovered throughout the Great Barrier Reef . A new species of dolphin , the Australian snub - nose dolphin , was discovered in 2005 within inshore areas , but only in low numbers . A recent survey of the inter ...
... species continue to be discovered throughout the Great Barrier Reef . A new species of dolphin , the Australian snub - nose dolphin , was discovered in 2005 within inshore areas , but only in low numbers . A recent survey of the inter ...
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... species have only a very restricted distribution in southwest Uganda , and one species , Lovoa swynnertonii , is globally threatened . Located in the Kigezi Highlands of southwest Uganda at the junction of the plain and mountain forests ...
... species have only a very restricted distribution in southwest Uganda , and one species , Lovoa swynnertonii , is globally threatened . Located in the Kigezi Highlands of southwest Uganda at the junction of the plain and mountain forests ...
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... species including tiger , elephant , leopard cat and banteng . It also plays an important role in the conservation ... species of fauna , including 112 mammal species , among them 2 species of gibbon , 392 bird species and 200 reptile ...
... species including tiger , elephant , leopard cat and banteng . It also plays an important role in the conservation ... species of fauna , including 112 mammal species , among them 2 species of gibbon , 392 bird species and 200 reptile ...
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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