HERITAGE RECORD · 280

Salonga National Park

萨隆加国家公园

The official record, selection criteria and sourced cultural context.

World Heritage record

Salonga National Park is Africa's largest tropical rainforest reserve. Situated at the heart of the central basin of the Congo river, the park is very isolated and accessible only by water. It is the habitat of many endemic endangered species, such as the dwarf chimpanzee, the Congo peacock, the forest elephant and the African slender-snouted or 'false' crocodile.

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Wikidata reference

QIDQ328488 ↗

Inception1970

Area3600000 ha

Administrative areaQ671442 · Q988104 · Q130576

WikipediaSalonga National Park ↗

Chinese Wikipedia萨隆加国家公园 ↗

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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.

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

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