Lower Saxon Wadden Sea National Park, established in 1986 and headquartered in Wilhelmshaven, protects roughly 345,800 hectares of the North Sea coast of Lower Saxony, Germany. It takes in the East Frisian Islands together with the mudflats and salt marshes between the Dollart bay on the Dutch border and the Outer Elbe shipping channel near Cuxhaven. In June 2009 it was inscribed, together with the Schleswig-Holstein and Dutch Wadden Sea areas, as a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its unique intertidal ecosystem and high biodiversity.
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RealmCoastal (Marine and Terrestrial) 1 International DesignationUNESCO World Heritage Site 1 Sources
1. Lower Saxon Wadden Sea National Park (Wikipedia)
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in Wilhelmshaven. In June 2009, the National Park became a UNESCO World Heritage Site along with the Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea and the Dutch Wadde
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Lower Saxon Wadden Sea National Park (German: Nationalpark Niedersächsisches Wattenmeer) was established in 1986 and embraces the East Frisian Islands, mudflats and salt marshes between the Bay of Dollart on the border with the Netherlands in the west and Cuxhaven as far as the Outer Elbe shipping channel in the east.
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Lower Saxon Wadden Sea National Park (German: Nationalpark Niedersächsisches Wattenmeer) was established in 1986 and embraces the East Frisian Islands, mudflats and salt marshes between the Bay of Dollart on the border with the Netherlands in the west and Cuxhaven as far as the Outer Elbe shipping channel in the east.
View the Source2. Wikidata: Lower Saxon Wadden Sea National Park
- Wikidata Q661217, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
- Wikidata P2046 (area), preferred/latest rank
- Wikidata Q661217 P31 instance-of
- Wikidata Q661217 P571 inception
- Part Of: Germany, Wikidata item, property P17 (country)
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