Natural criterion
Criterion (ix)
A plain-language explanation of this criterion is being written. The sites that meet it are listed below.
- Sites
- 132
- Natural
- 116
- Mixed
- 16
- In danger
- 11
Sites that meet it
132 places, in alphabetical order
- 'Uruq Bani Ma'aridSaudi ArabiaNatural
- Air and Ténéré Natural ReservesNigerNatural
- Aldabra AtollSeychellesNatural
- Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of EuropeAlbania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belgium, Bulgaria, Switzerland, Czechia, Germany, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, UkraineNatural
- Ancient Maya City and Protected Tropical Forests of Calakmul, CampecheMexicoMixed
- Aqaba Marine ReserveJordanNatural
- Archipiélago de RevillagigedoMexicoNatural
- Area de Conservación GuanacasteCosta RicaNatural
- Atlantic Forest South-East ReservesBrazilNatural
- Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh / Naracoorte)AustraliaNatural
- Banc d'Arguin National ParkMauritaniaNatural
- Belize Barrier Reef Reserve SystemBelizeNatural
- Białowieża ForestBelarus, PolandNatural
- Boma-Badingilo Migratory LandscapeSouth SudanNatural
- Canaima National ParkVenezuelaNatural
- Cape Floral Region Protected AreasSouth AfricaNatural
- Central Amazon Conservation ComplexBrazilNatural
- Central Highlands of Sri LankaSri LankaNatural
- Central Suriname Nature ReserveSurinameNatural
- Chiribiquete National Park – “The Maloca of the Jaguar”ColombiaMixed
- Chitwan National ParkNepalNatural
- Coastal and Marine Ecosystems of the Bijagós Archipelago – Omatí MinhôGuinea-BissauNatural
- Cocos Island National ParkCosta RicaNatural
- Coiba National Park and its Special Zone of Marine ProtectionPanamaNatural
- Colchic Rainforests and WetlandsGeorgiaNatural
- Cold Winter Deserts of TuranKazakhstan, Turkmenistan, UzbekistanNatural
- Comoé National ParkCôte d'IvoireNatural
- Darien National ParkPanamaNatural
- Dja Faunal ReserveCameroonNatural
- Doñana National ParkSpainNatural
- East RennellSolomon IslandsNatural
- Ennedi Massif: Natural and Cultural LandscapeChadMixed
- Everglades National ParkUnited StatesNatural
- Flow CountryUnited KingdomNatural
- French Austral Lands and SeasFranceNatural
- Galápagos IslandsEcuadorNatural
- Garajonay National ParkSpainNatural
- Garamba National ParkDemocratic Republic of the CongoNatural
- Gola-Tiwai ComplexSierra LeoneNatural
- Gondwana Rainforests of AustraliaAustraliaNatural
- Grand Canyon National ParkUnited StatesNatural
- Great Barrier ReefAustraliaNatural
- Great Smoky Mountains National ParkUnited StatesNatural
- Greater Blue Mountains AreaAustraliaNatural
- Gunung Mulu National ParkMalaysiaNatural
- Historic Sanctuary of Machu PicchuPeruMixed
- Hubei ShennongjiaChinaNatural
- Hyrcanian ForestsAzerbaijan, IranNatural
- iSimangaliso Wetland ParkSouth AfricaNatural
- Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of CaliforniaMexicoNatural
- Ivindo National ParkGabonNatural
- K’gari (Fraser Island)AustraliaNatural
- Kakadu National ParkAustraliaMixed
- Kaziranga National ParkIndiaNatural
- Kinabalu ParkMalaysiaNatural
- Kluane / Wrangell-St. Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-AlsekCanada, United StatesNatural
- Lagoons of New Caledonia: Reef Diversity and Associated EcosystemsFranceNatural
- Lake BaikalRussiaNatural
- Lake Malawi National ParkMalawiNatural
- Landscapes of DauriaMongolia, RussiaNatural
- Laponian AreaSwedenMixed
- Laurisilva of MadeiraPortugalNatural
- Lorentz National ParkIndonesiaNatural
- Los Katíos National ParkColombiaNatural
- Malpelo Fauna and Flora SanctuaryColombiaNatural
- Mana Pools National Park, Sapi and Chewore Safari AreasZimbabweNatural
- Manas Wildlife SanctuaryIndiaNatural
- Manovo-Gounda St Floris National ParkCentral African RepublicNatural
- Manú National ParkPeruNatural
- Marquesas IslandsFranceMixed
- Mount Kenya National Park/Natural ForestKenyaNatural
- Mount Nimba Strict Nature ReserveCôte d'Ivoire, GuineaNatural
- Namib Sand SeaNamibiaNatural
- Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid regionAlbania, North MacedoniaMixed
- Natural System of Wrangel Island ReserveRussiaNatural
- New Zealand Sub-Antarctic IslandsNew ZealandNatural
- Ngorongoro Conservation AreaTanzaniaMixed
- Noel Kempff Mercado National ParkBoliviaNatural
- Odzala National ParkRepublic of the CongoNatural
- Ogasawara IslandsJapanNatural
- Okavango DeltaBotswanaNatural
- Okefenokee National Wildlife RefugeUnited StatesNatural
- Olympic National ParkUnited StatesNatural
- Pantanal Conservation AreaBrazilNatural
- PapahānaumokuākeaUnited StatesMixed
- Peruaçu River CanyonBrazilNatural
- Phoenix Islands Protected AreaKiribatiNatural
- Phong Nha-Ke Bang National ParkVietnamNatural
- Pirin National ParkBulgariaNatural
- Plitvice Lakes National ParkCroatiaNatural
- Putorana PlateauRussiaNatural
- Rainforests of the AtsinananaMadagascarNatural
- Redwood National and State ParksUnited StatesNatural
- Río Abiseo National ParkPeruMixed
- Río Plátano Biosphere ReserveHondurasNatural
- Rock Islands Southern LagoonPalauMixed
- Salonga National ParkDemocratic Republic of the CongoNatural
- Sangay National ParkEcuadorNatural
- Selous Game ReserveTanzaniaNatural
- Shark Bay, Western AustraliaAustraliaNatural
- Shirakami-SanchiJapanNatural
- ShiretokoJapanNatural
- Sinharaja Forest ReserveSri LankaNatural
- St KildaUnited KingdomMixed
- Sundarbans National ParkIndiaNatural
- SurtseyIcelandNatural
- Swiss Alps Jungfrau-AletschSwitzerlandNatural
- Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National ParkCosta Rica, PanamaNatural
- Tasmanian WildernessAustraliaMixed
- Te Wahipounamu – South West New ZealandNew ZealandNatural
- The Ahwar of Southern Iraq: Refuge of Biodiversity and the Relict Landscape of the Mesopotamian CitiesIraqMixed
- The SundarbansBangladeshNatural
- Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected AreasChinaNatural
- Thungyai-Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife SanctuariesThailandNatural
- Tikal National ParkGuatemalaMixed
- Tropical Rainforest Heritage of SumatraIndonesiaNatural
- Tubbataha Reefs Natural ParkPhilippinesNatural
- Tugay forests of the Tigrovaya Balka Nature ReserveTajikistanNatural
- Uvs Nuur BasinMongolia, RussiaNatural
- Vallée de Mai Nature ReserveSeychellesNatural
- Virgin Komi ForestsRussiaNatural
- Volcanoes of KamchatkaRussiaNatural
- W-Arly-Pendjari ComplexBurkina Faso, Benin, NigerNatural
- Wadden SeaGermany, Denmark, NetherlandsNatural
- Wadi WurayahUnited Arab EmiratesNatural
- Western CaucasusRussiaNatural
- Western GhatsIndiaNatural
- Wet Tropics of QueenslandAustraliaNatural
- Wood Buffalo National ParkCanadaNatural
- Xinjiang TianshanChinaNatural
- YakushimaJapanNatural
- Yellowstone National ParkUnited StatesNatural