Saturday 27 February 2010

1012 MY - Kinabalu Park (2000)

Brief Description

"Kinabalu Park, in the State of Sabah on the northern end of the island of Borneo, is dominated by Mount Kinabalu (4,095 m), the highest mountain between the Himalayas and New Guinea. It has a very wide range of habitats, from rich tropical lowland and hill rainforest to tropical mountain forest, sub-alpine forest and scrub on the higher elevations. It has been designated as a Centre of Plant Diversity for Southeast Asia and is exceptionally rich in species with examples of flora from the Himalayas, China, Australia, Malaysia, as well as pan-tropical flora."

基纳巴卢山公园
"基纳巴卢山公园,位于沙巴婆罗岛北端,被喜玛拉雅山和新几 内亚之间的最高的山——基纳巴卢山(4095米)所环绕。公园植被丰富,从热带低地、雨林小山到热带高山森林、亚高山森林和生活在更高海拔的灌木,应有尽 有。基纳巴卢山公园被誉为东南亚植物多样性展示中心,种类极其丰富,有喜玛拉雅山、中国、澳大利亚、马来西亚,以及泛热带的各种植物。"

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1012






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