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Serengeti National Park

Tanzania, United Republic of
Date of Inscription: 1981
Criteria: (vii)(x)
Core zone: 1476300 ha
Mara, Arusha, and Shinyanga Provinces
S2 19 59.988 E34 34 0.012
Ref: 156

Brief Description

The vast plains of the Serengeti comprise 1.5 million ha of savannah. The annual migration to permanent water holes of vast herds of herbivores (wildebeest, gazelles and zebras), followed by their predators, is one of the most impressive natural events in the world.