Gcwihaba Caves

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Gcwihaba Caves is part of the Tentative list of Botswana in order to qualify for inclusion in the World Heritage List.

The Gcwihaba Caves comprise 6 cave systems with a diversity in cave formations and a high density of fossils. They are part of rare and remote dolomite hills in the Kalahari desert landscape. In their pristine condition they have preserved a paleo-climatic record of the Kalahari.

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Full Name
Gcwihaba Caves
Country
Botswana
Added
2010
Type
Natural
Categories
Natural landscape - Karst landscapes and caves Paleontology - Non-hominid fossils
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2010 Revision

Successor to former TWHS Gcwihaba (1999)

2010 Added to Tentative List

Unesco Website: Gcwihaba Caves

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