Selous Game Reserve

NaturalIn Danger
Selous Game Reserve
Photo: Panii at German Wikipedia / CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Country Tanzania
Year inscribed1982
Criteria(ix) (x)

Overview

Large numbers of elephants, black rhinoceroses, cheetahs, giraffes, hippopotamuses and crocodiles live in this immense sanctuary, which measures 50,000 km2 and is relatively undisturbed by human impact. The park has a variety of vegetation zones, ranging from dense thickets to open wooded grasslands.

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Source: UNESCO World Heritage List — CC BY-SA 4.0