HERITAGE RECORD · 289

Lake Malawi National Park

马拉维湖国家公园

The official record, selection criteria and sourced cultural context.

World Heritage record

Located at the southern end of the great expanse of Lake Malawi, with its deep, clear waters and mountain backdrop, the national park is home to many hundreds of fish species, nearly all endemic. Its importance for the study of evolution is comparable to that of the finches of the Galapagos Islands.

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Wikidata reference

QIDQ1077596 ↗

Inception1980

Area94 ha

WikipediaLake Malawi National Park ↗

Chinese Wikipedia马拉维湖国家公园 ↗

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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.

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

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