Wood Buffalo National Park

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Wood Buffalo National Park is Canada's largest national park and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, renowned for its vast boreal wilderness, free-roaming wood bison herds, and the nesting grounds of the endangered whooping crane.


Statements (51)
Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site
national park
area approximately 17,300 sq mi
approximately 44,807 km²
biome boreal forest
borderedBy Northwest Territories–Alberta border NERFINISHED
contains Karst landscapes
Peace–Athabasca Delta NERFINISHED
Salt Plains NERFINISHED
boreal forest ecosystems
grasslands
lakes
rivers
wetlands
continent North America
country Canada
designation Ramsar wetland of international importance
ecosystemType boreal forest
delta
grassland
wetland
established 1922
fauna beaver
black bear
lynx
migratory waterfowl
moose
snowshoe hare
whooping crane
wolf
wood bison
governingBody Parks Canada NERFINISHED
hasConservationValue critical habitat for endangered whooping crane
one of the largest intact boreal forest areas in North America
IUCNCategory II
locatedIn Alberta NERFINISHED
Northwest Territories NERFINISHED
nearestCity Fort Smith, Northwest Territories NERFINISHED
nearestTown Fort Chipewyan, Alberta NERFINISHED
notableFor free-roaming wood bison herds
large inland delta
nesting grounds of the whooping crane
vast boreal wilderness
partOf Canadian national parks system
UNESCOWorldHeritageCountry Canada NERFINISHED
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (ix)
(vii)
(x)
UNESCOWorldHeritageId 256
UNESCOWorldHeritageRegion Americas NERFINISHED
UNESCOWorldHeritageYearInscribed 1983

Referenced by (1)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Northwest Territories
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