Natural landscape, River / Lake

Central Amazon Conservation Complex
The Central Amazon Conservation Complex makes up the largest protected area in the Amazon Basin and is one of the planet’s richest regions in terms of biodiversity.
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Danube Delta
The Danube Delta lies mostly in Tulcea County of Romania. It is the second largest (after the Volga Delta) and best preserved of European deltas, with an area of 3446 kmē.
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Doņana National Park
Doņana National Park is a wetland / coastal reserve at the delta of the Guadalquivir River and a major site for migrating birds.
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Durmitor National Park
The Durmitor National Park, created in 1952, includes the massif of Durmitor, the canyons of Tara, Sušica and Draga rivers and the higher part of the canyon plateau Komarnica, covering the area of 390 kmē.
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Everglades
Everglades National Park is centered on a fresh water river, with sawgrass marshes and mangrove islands.
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Iguacu
Iguacu National Park, with the Falls as its main feature, was added to the World Heritage List for two reasons: its exceptional natural beauty and because itīs the habitat of rare and endangered species.
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Iguazu National Park
Iguazu National Park, with the Falls as its main feature, was added to the World Heritage List for two reasons: its exceptional natural beauty and because itīs the habitat of rare and endangered species.
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Kakadu National Park
Kakadu National Park is in the Northern Territory of Australia, 171 km east of Darwin. Aboriginal people have occupied the Kakadu area continuously for at least 50 000 years.
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Lake Baikal
Lake Baikal lies in Southern Siberia near the city of Irkutsk. It is the deepest and oldest lake in the world, and the 2nd largest lake on the earth by volume.
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Lake Malawi
Lake Malawi National Park holds over 500 fish species (over 90% endemic), that make it a key example of specialized evolution.
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Lake Turkana National Parks
Lake Turkana National Parks is a group of three national parks. Reasons for the park's importance include its use as a stopping point for migratory birds, as a breeding ground for the Nile crocodile, hippopotamus, and snakes.
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Niokolo-Koba National Park
The Niokolo-Koba National Park lies in south eastern Senegal against the Guinean border. The Gambia River flows through the national park, which is known for its wildlife, including elephants, lions, leopards, chimpanzees, baboons, hippopotamuses and the Western giant eland.
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Ohrid Region
Lake Ohrid is one of the oldest lakes in Europe and home to many endemic fauna species. Human settlement arrived early too, the city of Ohrid has been a cultural centre of great importance for the Balkan.
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Plitvice Lakes National Park
The Plitvice Lakes lie in a basin of karstic rock, mainly dolomite and limestone, which has given rise to their most distinctive feature.
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Rio Platano Biosphere Reserve
The Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve encompasses both mountainous and lowland tropical rainforest, full of diverse wildlife and plant life.
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Srebarna Nature Reserve
Srebarna is a wetland habitat for about 180 bird species. Among the most interesting bird species are the Dalmatian pelican, great egret, night heron, purple heron, glossy ibis and white spoonbill.
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Sundarbans National Park
The Sundarbans delta is the largest mangrove forest in the world. It lies at the mouth of the Ganges and is spread across areas of Bangladesh and West Bengal, India, forming the seaward fringe of the delta.
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The Sundarbans
The Sundarbans ('Forest of Sundari trees') are one of the largest remaining areas of mangroves in the world.
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Three parallel rivers of Yunnan
Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas is situated in Yunnan Province, south-west China. The site consists of 15 protected areas (in eight geographic clusters) in the mountainous northwest of the Province.
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Uvs Nuur Basin
The Uvs Nuur Basin covers an area of 700,000 kmē and represents one of the best-preserved natural steppe landscapes of Eurasia.
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Victoria Falls
The Victoria Falls, on the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe, is one of the most spectacular waterfalls in the world.
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Wood Buffalo National Park
Wood Buffalo National Park is the largest national park in Canada. The park was established in 1922 to protect the world's largest herd of free roaming Wood Bison, currently estimated at more than 5,000.
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