The official website state that the Natural UNESCO Heritage Sites are 188. Natural site is also an important part of a society's heritage, encompassing the countryside and natural environment, including flora and fauna, scientifically known as biodiversity, as well as geological elements including mineralogical, geomorphological, paleontological, etc. These kinds of heritage sites often serve as an important component in a country's tourist industry, attracting many visitors from abroad as well as locally.
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Natural Heritage Sites
A "Natural Heritage Sites" consist of natural features consisting of physical and biological formations, which are of outstanding universal value from aesthetic or scientific point of view; geological and physiographical formation and precisely delimitated areas which constitute the habitat of threatened species of animals and plants of outstanding universal value from point of view of science or conservation; and/ or natural sites.
Asian Natural UNESCO Heritage Sites
The Sundarbans
China
Huanglong Scenic and Historic Interest Area
Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest Area
Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area
Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas
Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries - Wolong
Mt Siguniang and Jiajin Mountains
South China Karst
China Danxia
India
Kaziranga National Park
Keoladeo National Park
Manas Wildlife Sanctuary
Sundarbans National Park
Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Parks
Indonesia
Komodo National Park
Ujung Kulon National Park
Lorentz National Park
Japan
Shirakami-Sanchi
Yakushima, Shiretoko
Ogasawara Islands
Kazakhstan
Saryarka – Steppe and Lakes of Northern Kazakhstan
Korea South
Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes
Malaysia
Gunung Mulu National Park
Kinabalu Park
Mongolia
Uvs Nuur Basin
Nepal
Sagarmatha National Park
Chitwan National Park
Philippines
Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park
Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River National Park
Russian Federation
Virgin Komi Forests
Lake Baikal
Volcanoes of Kamchatka 20
Golden Mountains of Altai
Western Caucasus
Central Sikhote-Alin
Uvs Nuur Basin
Natural System of Wrangel Island Reserve
Putorana Plateau
Sri Lanka
Sinharaja Forest Reserve
Central Highlands of Sri Lanka
Thailand
Thungyai-Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuaries
Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex
Yemen
Socotra Archipelago
European Natural UNESCO Heritage Sites
Belovezhskaya Pushcha / Białowieża Forest
Bulgaria
Pirin National Park
Srebarna Nature Reserve
Croatia
Plitvice Lakes National Park
Denmark
Ilulissat Icefjord
Finland
High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago
France
Gulf of Porto: Calanche of Piana, Gulf of Girolata, Scandola Reserve
Lagoons of New Caledonia: Reef Diversity and Associated Ecosystems
Pitons, cirques and remparts of Reunion Island
Germany
Messel Pit Fossil Site
Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and the Ancient Beech Forests of Germany
The Wadden Sea
Hungary
Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst
Iceland
Surtsey
Italy
Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands)
Monte San Giorgio
The Dolomites
Montenegro
Durmitor National Park
Netherlands
The Wadden Sea
Norway
West Norwegian Fjords – Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord
Poland
Belovezhskaya Pushcha / Białowieża Forest
Portugal
Laurisilva of Madeira
Romania
Danube Delta
Slovakia
Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst
Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and the Ancient Beech Forests of Germany
Slovenia
Škocjan Caves
Spain
Garajonay National Park
Doñana National Park
Teide National Park
Sweden
High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago
Switzerland
Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch
Monte San Giorgio
Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona
Ukraine
Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and the Ancient Beech Forests of Germany
United Kingdom
Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast
Henderson Island
Dorset and East Devon Coast
Gough and Inaccessible Islands
Dorset and East Devon Coast
African Natural UNESCO Heritage Sites
Dja Faunal Reserve
Kenya
Lake Turkana National Parks
Mount Kenya National Park/Natural Forest
Kenya Lake System in the Great Rift Valley
Madagascar
Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve
Malawi
Lake Malawi National Park
Mauritania
Banc d'Arguin National Park
Niger
W National Park of Niger
Senegal
Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary
Seychelles
Aldabra Atoll
Vallée de Mai Nature Reserve
South Africa
iSimangaliso Wetland Park
Cape Floral Region Protected Areas
Vredefort Dome
Tanzania
Serengeti National Park
Selous Game Reserve
Kilimanjaro National Park
Tunisia
Ichkeul National Park
Uganda
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Rwenzori Mountains National Park
Zambia
Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls
Zimbabwe
Mana Pools National Park
Sapi and Chewore Safari Areas
Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls
North American Natural UNESCO Heritage Sites
Nahanni National Park
Dinosaur Provincial Park
Kluane / Wrangell-St Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek
Wood Buffalo National Park
Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks
Gros Morne National Park
Waterton Glacier International Peace Park
Miguasha National Park
Joggins Fossil Cliffs
Costa Rica
Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park
Cocos Island National Park
Area de Conservación Guanacaste
Cuba
Desembarco del Granma National Park
Alejandro de Humboldt National Park
Dominica
Morne Trois Pitons National Park
Mexico
Sian Ka'an
Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino
Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California
Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve
Panama
Darien National Park, Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park, Coiba National Park and its Special Zone of Marine Protection
Saint Lucia
Pitons Management Area
United States
Yellowstone National Park
Grand Canyon National Park
Kluane / Wrangell-St Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek
Redwood National and State Parks
Mammoth Cave National Park
Olympic National Park
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Yosemite National Park
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Waterton Glacier International Peace Park
South American Natural UNESCO Heritage Sites
Los Glaciares
Iguazu National Park
Península Valdés
Ischigualasto / Talampaya Natural Parks
Bolivia
Noel Kempff Mercado National Park
Brazil
Iguaçu National Park
Atlantic Forest South-East Reserves
Discovery Coast Atlantic Forest Reserves
Central Amazon Conservation Complex
Pantanal Conservation Area
Brazilian Atlantic Islands: Fernando de Noronha and Atol das Rocas Reserves
Cerrado Protected Areas: Chapada dos Veadeiros and Emas National Parks
Colombia
Malpelo Fauna and Flora Sanctuary
Ecuador
Galápagos Islands
Sangay National Park
Peru
Huascarán National Park
Manú National Park
Suriname
Central Suriname Nature Reserve
Venezuela
Canaima National Park
Oceania Natural UNESCO Heritage Sites
Great Barrier Reef
Lord Howe Island Group
Gondwana Rainforests of Australia
Wet Tropics of Queensland
Shark Bay
Western Australia
Fraser Island
Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh / Naracoorte)
Heard and McDonald Islands
Macquarie Island
Greater Blue Mountains Area
Purnululu National Park
Ningaloo Coast
Kiribati
Phoenix Islands Protected Area
New Zealand
Te Wahipounamu – South West New Zealand
New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands
Solomon Islands
East Rennell
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