Named after a River

Connected Sites: 53

Definition
WHS whose official title includes the name of a river (or rivers") which flow through it.

Map

Connected Sites

  • Inscribed: 1987
    2.53
    1
    0
    Dja
  • Rio Platano Biosphere Reserve
    Inscribed: 1982
    3.14
    7
    4
    Rio Platano
  • Zuojiang Huashan Rock Art
    Inscribed: 2016
    2.38
    25
    3
    Zuojiang River
  • Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley
    Inscribed: 2004
    2.66
    148
    9
    - "The nominated area fits precisely within the basin of the Madriu River, giving it a natural coherence. This river starts its course at high level in an area of plateaus, glacial lakes and rocky glaciers, and then flows west through a large glacial valley. A secondary valley, the Perafita–Claror, enters the Madriu Valley from the south-east at Entremesaigues." (IUCN)
  • Vézère Valley
    Inscribed: 1979
    3.54
    114
    12
    the Vézère river
  • Lower Valley of the Omo
    Inscribed: 1980
    3.42
    35
    4
    Omo
  • Cidade Velha
    Cidade Velha
    Cabo Verde
    Inscribed: 2009
    1.92
    53
    3
    Ribeira Grande "The freshwater coastal river, which gave the town its original name" (AB ev) - the river bed nowadays is often dry
  • Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River
    Inscribed: 1999
    3.21
    74
    18
  • Saloum Delta
    Inscribed: 2011
    2.86
    38
    4
    Saloum River
  • Khami Ruins
    Khami Ruins
    Zimbabwe
    Inscribed: 1986
    2.72
    26
    3
    "The site is located to the west of the Khami River, after which it is named" (AB ev)
  • Sangha Trinational
    Sangha Trinational
    Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo (Republic)
    Inscribed: 2012
    3.61
    6
    2
    Sangha
  • Derwent Valley Mills
    United Kingdom
    Inscribed: 2001
    2.38
    121
    12
    The river Derwent
  • Salonga National Park
    Congo (Democratic Republic)
    Inscribed: 1984
    0
    0
    "The Salonga River meanders in a generally northwest direction through the Salonga National Park to its confluence with the Busira River"
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Saint-Savin sur Gartempe
    Inscribed: 1983
    2.97
    95
    10
    Gartempe River
  • Inscribed: 2021
    3.88
    1
    0
    Ivindo River
  • Caral-Supe
    Inscribed: 2009
    3.41
    62
    8
    Supe
  • Brú na Bóinne
    Inscribed: 1993
    3.63
    205
    11
    Brú na Bóinne - River Boyne. Originally inscribed simply as "Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne". The Gaelic "Brú na Bóinne" was added in 2013 and translates as "palace" or "mansion" of the Boyne.
  • Yellowstone
    Yellowstone
    United States of America
    Inscribed: 1978
    4.49
    214
    12
    "The park contains the headwaters of the Yellowstone River, from which it takes its historical name" (Wiki)
  • W-Arly-Pendjari Complex
    W-Arly-Pendjari Complex
    Benin, Burkina Faso, Niger
    Inscribed: 1996
    1.94
    14
    4
    Arli and Pendjari are rivers
  • Val d'Orcia
    Inscribed: 2004
    3.23
    198
    11
    "derives from the river Orcia, which runs through the valley and flows for about 70 kilometers "
  • Upper Middle Rhine Valley
    Inscribed: 2002
    3.67
    320
    12
    Rhine
  • Studenica Monastery
    Inscribed: 1986
    2.97
    95
    6
    Named after the nearby Studenica river
  • San Antonio Missions
    San Antonio Missions
    United States of America
    Inscribed: 2015
    2.99
    167
    7
    San Antonio River
  • Saltaire
    Saltaire
    United Kingdom
    Inscribed: 2001
    2.28
    132
    13
    The name of the village is a combination of the founder's surname and the name of the river (Aire)
  • Inscribed: 1990
    3.00
    6
    2
    Rio Abiseo
  • Qadisha Valley
    Inscribed: 1998
    3.31
    65
    4
    "The Holy River Qadisha, celebrated in the Scriptures, runs through the Valley." (OUV)
  • Paris, Banks of the Seine
    Inscribed: 1991
    4.19
    680
    20
    Seine
  • Orkhon Valley
    Inscribed: 2004
    2.52
    51
    6
    Orkhon River
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Okavango Delta
    Inscribed: 2014
    4.14
    87
    4
    Okavango River
  • Niah Caves
    Niah Caves
    Malaysia
    Inscribed: 2024
    2.71
    24
    5
    The park is named after the Niah River which has to be crossed to enter it.
  • Inscribed: 1978
    3.76
    7
    4
    South Nahanni River
  • Manu National Park
    Inscribed: 1987
    3.74
    30
    5
    "The Manú is a river in southeastern Peru. It runs down the eastern slopes of the Andes Mountains into the Amazon Basin. It runs through what is now protected as the Manú NP..... is a tributary to the Madre de Dios River, which downriver joins the Madeira River, and ultimately the Amazon River."
  • Manovo-Gounda St. Floris
    Central African Republic
    Inscribed: 1988
    0
    2
    - "Five major rivers thread through the Park from the massif in the south east to the Bahr Aouk - Bahr Kameur floodplain in the north: the Vakaga on the eastern boundary, the Goro, Gounda, Koumbala, and the Manovo on the western boundary"
  • Lower Valley of the Awash
    Inscribed: 1980
    2.78
    14
    3
    Awash
  • Loire Valley
    Inscribed: 2000
    4.09
    293
    10
    Loire
  • Inscribed: 2012
    3.56
    9
    3
    The Lena river, the 11th longest river in the world
  • Garamba National Park
    Congo (Democratic Republic)
    Inscribed: 1980
    1
    1
    "The main rivers are the Dungu on the southern boundary, the Aka along the western boundary and the Garamba within the Park"
    See world-heritage-datasheets.unep-wcmc.org
  • Ferrara
    Ferrara
    Italy
    Inscribed: 1995
    3.19
    234
    10
    Po
  • Decorated cave of Pont d'Arc
    Inscribed: 2014
    3.44
    115
    8
    Ardeche (in the full name)
  • Danube Limes
    Danube Limes
    Austria, Germany, Slovakia
    Inscribed: 2021
    2.06
    249
    6
    Danube
  • Danube Delta
    Inscribed: 1991
    3.11
    82
    7
    Danube
  • Comoé National Park
    Côte d'Ivoire
    Inscribed: 1983
    1.82
    5
    2
    Comoé
  • Coa Valley and Siega Verde
    Inscribed: 1998
    2.96
    102
    9
    Coa
  • Central Amazon Conservation Complex
    Inscribed: 2000
    3.35
    35
    5
    Amazon
  • Baptism Site "Bethany Beyond the Jordan"
    Inscribed: 2015
    2.24
    141
    8
    The Jordan
  • Alto Douro
    Alto Douro
    Portugal
    Inscribed: 2001
    3.25
    212
    11
    Douro
  • Iguacu
    Iguacu
    Brazil
    Inscribed: 1986
    4.27
    202
    10
    "waterfalls system of the Iguaçu (or Iguazú) river" (OUV)
  • Niokolo-Koba National Park
    Inscribed: 1981
    2.16
    21
    2
    Niokolo-Koba River
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Forth Bridge
    Forth Bridge
    United Kingdom
    Inscribed: 2015
    2.89
    263
    12
    Named after the Forth river
  • Rideau Canal
    Inscribed: 2007
    2.65
    152
    7
    Rideau River
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Manas Wildlife Sanctuary
    Inscribed: 1985
    2.21
    14
    3
    Manas River
  • M'Zab Valley
    Inscribed: 1982
    3.46
    35
    5
    Wadi M'zab (Mzab River). The region has taken its name from the river.
    See www.researchgate.net
  • Bamiyan Valley
    Bamiyan Valley
    Afghanistan
    Inscribed: 2003
    3.85
    13
    2
    "The Kunduz River (Persian: رود قندوز) is a tributary of the Amu Darya in northern Afghanistan. It rises in Bamyan Province in the Hindu Kush, and in its upper reaches is also known as the Bamyan River or the Surkhab River" (wiki)