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Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park
Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park is the union of Waterton Lakes National Park in Canada and Glacier National Park in the United States. UNESCO has designated both parks as Biosphere Reserves, and their combination as a World Heritage Site.
1- Waterton Lakes National Park is a national park in Alberta, Canada, located in the southwest corner. Its range extends from the Rocky Mountains to the prairies.
This park has 505 square kilometers of rough mountains and wilderness. The park's oldest rocks are 1.
5-billion-year-old sea deposits. These formations are made up of limestone, dolomite, and igneous rocks.
The garden contains about 1,000 species of vascular plants, in addition to more than 50 species of rare plants such as Bolander's quillwort, Lyall's scorpion weed, and Brewer's monkeyflower. Waterton Lakes National Park is also home to the Waterton moonwort, a tiny fern that is endemic to the park.
Among the animals in the national park there are wolverines, bighorn sheep, bald eagles, white-tailed deer, mule deer, mountain goats, elk, moose, foxes, timber wolves, bison, coyotes, beavers, river otters, cougars, lynxes, bobcats, snowshoe hares, pikas, hoary marmots, grizzly bears, and black bears. Numerous bird species, including bald eagles, Canada geese, orange-crowned warblers, and MacGillivray's warblers, nest in or travel through the park.
2- Glacier National Park is an American national park in northeastern Montana, near the Canadian provinces of Alberta and British Columbia. The park is well-known for its breathtaking natural beauty.
It covers an area of about 4,000 km2 and is home to rocky mountains, scenic lakes, and several glaciers. Except for bison and woodland caribou, virtually all historically known plant and animal species are still present in the park, providing researchers with a complete environment for plant and animal research.
The park also has two threatened mammal species, the grizzly bear, and the lynx.
Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park was inscribed in 1995 in the UNESCO World Heritage List in Canada, United States of America.
by Martin Kraft, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia CommonsWaterton-Glacier International Peace Park
Date of Inscription
1995
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