Maliau Basin Conservation Area

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Maliau Basin Conservation Area is a remote, largely undisturbed rainforest wilderness in Sabah, Malaysia, renowned for its rich biodiversity and dramatic crater-like basin landscape.

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instanceOf conservation area
protected area
rainforest
wilderness area
climate equatorial
containsFeature Maliau Basin rim
Maliau Falls
Maliau River
numerous waterfalls
plateaus
steep escarpments
country Malaysia
designatedAsClassIProtectionForest 1997
establishedAsConservationArea 1981
hasAccessType restricted access
hasApproximateArea about 58,800 hectares
about 588 square kilometres
hasAverageAnnualRainfall over 3,000 millimetres
hasBiodiversity high amphibian diversity
high bird diversity
high insect diversity
high mammal diversity
high plant diversity
hasConservationStatus Class I Protection Forest Reserve (Sabah)
hasEcosystemType lowland rainforest
montane forest
swamp forest
tropical rainforest
hasFacility Maliau Basin Conservation Area self-linksurface differs
surface form: Maliau Basin Studies Centre
hasLandscapeForm crater-like basin
hasNickname Sabah’s Lost World
isImportantFor rainforest conservation
scientific study of tropical ecosystems
watershed protection
isKnownFor dramatic basin landscape
relatively undisturbed rainforest
remote wilderness
rich biodiversity
isPartOf Heart of Borneo region
locatedIn Sabah
surface form: Malaysian state of Sabah

Sabah
interior of Sabah
locatedOn Borneo
surface form: island of Borneo
managedBy Sabah Forestry Department
primaryUse conservation
scientific research
secondaryUse limited eco-tourism

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Sabah contains Maliau Basin Conservation Area
Maliau Basin Conservation Area hasFacility Maliau Basin Conservation Area self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Maliau Basin Studies Centre