Seagrass beds

Connected Sites: 10

WHS that include extensive seagrass beds in their core zones.

Connected Sites

  • Sanganeb
    Inscribed: 2016
    3.04
    5
    1
    "some of the most northerly coral reefs in the world associated with species (including seagrass and mangroves) at the limits of their global range and evolutionary expansion" (OUV)
  • Banc d'Arguin
    Banc d'Arguin
    Mauritania
    Inscribed: 1989
    2.32
    15
    2
    the vast expanse of marshes covered with seagrass beds (crit ix)
  • Ibiza
    Ibiza
    Spain
    Inscribed: 1999
    2.77
    127
    5
    "very well preserved prairies of oceanic Posidonia (seagrass)" (AB ev)
  • Great Barrier Reef
    Inscribed: 1981
    4.20
    182
    8
    "The shallower marine areas support half the world's diversity of mangroves and many seagrass species." (crit x)
  • Tasmanian Wilderness
    Inscribed: 1982
    3.95
    88
    7
    "The world’s most southerly and isolated temperate seagrass beds and giant kelp forests occur in Port Davey and Bathurst Harbour" (Crit X)
  • Sian Ka'an
    Inscribed: 1987
    2.82
    92
    20
    "a fascinating marine area with noteworthy corals and seagrass beds" (OUV)
  • Shark Bay
    Shark Bay
    Australia
    Inscribed: 1991
    3.58
    40
    2
    "Wooramel Seagrass Bank within Shark Bay, one of the largest seagrass meadows in the world with the most seagrass species recorded from one area" (crit vii)
  • Everglades
    Everglades
    United States of America
    Inscribed: 1979
    3.68
    259
    15
    "seagrass ecosystems important to commercial and recreational fisheries" (crit ix)
  • Belize Barrier Reef
    Inscribed: 1996
    3.56
    119
    11
    seagrass beds interspersed with lagoonal reefs (crit ix)
  • Aldabra Atoll
    Aldabra Atoll
    Seychelles
    Inscribed: 1982
    3.21
    7
    13
    "Marine habitats range from coral reefs to seagrass beds" (crit vii)