HERITAGE RECORD · 999

Pantanal Conservation Area

潘塔奈尔保护区

The official record, selection criteria and sourced cultural context.

World Heritage record

The Pantanal Conservation Area consists of a cluster of four protected areas with a total area of 187,818 ha. Located in western central Brazil at the south-west corner of the State of Mato Grosso, the site represents 1.3% of Brazil's Pantanal region, one of the world's largest freshwater wetland ecosystems. The headwaters of the region's two major river systems, the Cuiabá and the Paraguay rivers, are located here, and the abundance and diversity of its vegetation and animal life are spectacular.

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Wikidata reference

QIDQ157603 ↗

Area87871 ha

Administrative areaQ42824 · Q43319 · Q750

WikipediaPantanal ↗

Chinese Wikipedia潘塔納爾濕地 ↗

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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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