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South
Africa - Greater St Lucia Wetland Park
IUCN Management Category: IV (Managed Nature Reserve)
World Heritage Site: Criteria i, iii and iv
The Greater St Lucia Wetland Park is made up of a complex of protected
areas covering 239,566ha on the eastern coast of South Africa, in
Kwazulu-Natal Province south of Swaziland and Mozambique. The ongoing
fluvial, marine and aeolian processes in the site have produced
a variety of landforms including coral reefs, long sandy beaches,
coastal dunes, lake systems, swamps, and extensive reed and papyrus
wetlands. The site contains critical habitat for a range of species
from Africa's marine, wetland and savannah environments. The park
was inscribed as a World Heritage site in 1999.
Links:
http://www.unesco.org/whc/sites/914.htm
http://www.wcmc.org.uk/protected_areas/data/wh/st_lucia.html
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