Riding Mountain National Park sits atop Riding Mountain on the Manitoba Escarpment in Manitoba, Canada. Officially declared a national park on May 30, 1933, it covers about 2,969 square kilometers and was set aside to protect three ecosystems that converge in the area, grasslands, upland boreal forest, and eastern deciduous forest, an ecological diversity that stands out against the surrounding prairie farmland. This convergence makes the park an important protected area for western Canada's plant and animal communities.
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Designation Category Established Year Area (sq km) Governing Body Classification
Governance TypeGovernance by Government 1 International DesignationUNESCO Biosphere Reserve 2 Governing Body
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1. Riding Mountain National Park (Wikipedia)
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is a national park in Manitoba, Canada, that sits atop Riding Mountain of the Manitoba Escarpment
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Riding Mountain National Park is a national park in Manitoba, Canada, that sits atop Riding Mountain of the Manitoba Escarpment.
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Parks Canada
View the Source 2. UNESCO: UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Programme: Riding Mountain Biosphere Reserve
UNESCOOpen data recordQuote, Open data record
Riding Mountain Biosphere Reserve is located in south-central Canada, about 300 km north-west of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
3. Wikidata: Riding Mountain National Park
- Wikidata Q795190, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
- Wikidata P2046 (area), preferred/latest rank
- Wikidata Q795190 P571 inception
- Part Of: Canada, Wikidata item, property P17 (country)
View the SourceWikidata: Canada
On Continent: North America, Wikidata item for Canada, property P30 (continent)View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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