HERITAGE RECORD · 199

Selous Game Reserve

塞卢斯禁猎区

The official record, selection criteria and sourced cultural context.

World Heritage record

Large numbers of elephants, black rhinoceroses, cheetahs, giraffes, hippopotamuses and crocodiles live in this immense sanctuary, which measures 50,000 km2 and is relatively undisturbed by human impact. The park has a variety of vegetation zones, ranging from dense thickets to open wooded grasslands.

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Wikidata reference

QIDQ2268839 ↗

Inception1922

Area55000 ha

Administrative areaQ309339

WikipediaSelous Game Reserve ↗

Chinese Wikipedia塞卢斯禁猎区 ↗

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Selection criteria

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

(ix)Outstanding ecological and biological processes in the evolution of terrestrial, freshwater, coastal and marine ecosystems.

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

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