Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site

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The Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site is a UNESCO-designated group of protected national and provincial parks in the Canadian Rockies recognized for their outstanding natural beauty, diverse wildlife, and significant geological features.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World Heritage Site ⓘ
protected area complex ⓘ
area 23000 square kilometres ⓘ
2300000 hectares ⓘ
category natural heritage ⓘ
containsEcosystem alpine tundra ⓘ
montane forest ⓘ
subalpine forest ⓘ
containsFeature Burgess Shale fossil lagerstätte ⓘ
surface form: Burgess Shale fossil site

Columbia Icefield ⓘ
Rocky Mountains ⓘ
alpine meadows ⓘ
canyons ⓘ
glaciers ⓘ
hot springs ⓘ
icefields ⓘ
limestone caves ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
designatedBy UNESCO ⓘ
extensionYear 1990 ⓘ
governedBy Government of Alberta ⓘ
Government of British Columbia ⓘ
Parks Canada ⓘ
heritageCriteria (ix) ⓘ
(vii) ⓘ
(viii) ⓘ
(x) ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
includesProtectedArea Banff National Park ⓘ
Hamber Provincial Park ⓘ
Jasper National Park ⓘ
Kootenay National Park ⓘ
Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park ⓘ
Mount Robson Provincial Park ⓘ
Yoho National Park ⓘ
inscriptionYear 1984 ⓘ
knownFor diverse wildlife ⓘ
outstanding natural beauty ⓘ
significant geological features ⓘ
locatedIn Rocky Mountains ⓘ
surface form: Canadian Rockies
locatedInProvince Alberta ⓘ
British Columbia ⓘ
typicalFauna bighorn sheep ⓘ
black bear ⓘ
cougar ⓘ
elk ⓘ
grizzly bear ⓘ
mountain goat ⓘ
wolf ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId 304 ⓘ

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Jasper National Park → partOf → Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site ⓘ
Mount Robson Provincial Park → partOf → Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rocky Mountain Parks region
Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park → partOf → Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rocky Mountain Parks region