HERITAGE RECORD · 486

Wet Tropics of Queensland

昆士兰湿热带地区

The official record, selection criteria and sourced cultural context.

World Heritage record

This area, which stretches along the north-east coast of Australia for some 450 km, is made up largely of tropical rainforests. This biotope offers a particularly extensive and varied array of plants, as well as marsupials and singing birds, along with other rare and endangered animals and plant species.

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Wikidata reference

QIDQ1135808 ↗

Inception1988

Area893828.7 ha

Administrative areaQ36074

WikipediaWet Tropics of Queensland ↗

Chinese Wikipedia昆士蘭濕熱帶地區 ↗

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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.

(viii)An outstanding record of Earth’s history, geological processes or significant landforms.

(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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