HERITAGE RECORD · 156

Serengeti National Park

塞伦盖蒂国家公园

The official record, selection criteria and sourced cultural context.

World Heritage record

The vast plains of the Serengeti comprise 1.5 million ha of savannah. The annual migration to permanent water holes of vast herds of herbivores (wildebeest, gazelles and zebras), followed by their predators, is one of the most impressive natural events in the world.

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Wikidata reference

QIDQ11812902 ↗

Inception1940

Area1476300 ha

Administrative areaQ458406 · Q2787568

WikipediaSerengeti National Park ↗

Chinese Wikipedia塞伦盖蒂国家公园 ↗

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Selection criteria

This property was inscribed under the following World Heritage Convention criteria.

(vii)Superlative natural phenomena or areas of exceptional natural beauty and aesthetic importance.

(x)The most important natural habitats for in-situ conservation of biological diversity.

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