Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site

Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site { School № 29 Khachaturian Ariana

The Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site is located in the Canadian Rockies. It consists of four national parks:

Banff is a town within Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada. It is located in Alberta's Rockies along the Trans-Canada Highway, approximately 126 km (78 mi) west of Calgary and 58 km (36 mi) east of Lake Louise. At an elevation of 1, 400 m (4, 600 ft) to 1, 630 m (5, 350 ft), Banff is the community with the second highest elevation in Alberta after Lake Louise.

Jasper National Park is the largest national park in the Canadian Rockies, spanning 10, 878 km 2 (4, 200 sq mi). It is located in the province of Alberta, north of Banff National Park and west of Edmonton. The park includes the glaciers of the Columbia Icefield, hot springs, lakes, waterfalls and mountains.

Kootenay National Park is located in southeastern British Columbia Canada, covering 1, 406 km 2 (543 sq mi) in the Canadiaт Rockies, and forms part of a World Heritage Site. The park ranges in elevation from 918 m (3, 012 ft) at the southwestern park entrance, to 3, 424 m (11, 234 ft) at Deltaform Mountain.

Yoho National Park is located in the Canadian Rocky Mountains along the western slope of the Continental Divide of the Americas in southeastern British Columbia. Yoho NP is bordered by Kootenay National Park on the southern side and Banff National Park on the eastern side in Alberta. The name Yoho comes from the Cree word for awe and wonder. Yoho covers 1, 313 km 2 (507 mi 2) and it is the smallest of the four contiguous national parks.

and three British Columbia provincial parks: Hamber Provincial Park Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park Mount Robson Provincial Park

The parks include mountains, glaciers and hot springs and the headwaters of major North American river systems including: North Saskatchewan River Athabasca River Columbia River Fraser River

The area is known for its natural beauty and biological diversity. It includes the Burgess Shale site, a World Heritage Site in its own right from 1980 to 1984, when it was included in the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks WHS designation.

In 1983 Canada nominated Banff, Jasper, Kootenay and Yoho national parks for inclusion on the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites. UNESCO accepted this nomination in 1984 on the basis of a recommendation by IUCN. The original nomination and IUCN's recommendation drew attention to the area's "exceptional natural beauty", "habitats of rare and endangered species" and its natural landforms such as mountain peaks, glaciers, lakes, canyons, limestone caves, and the unique Burgess Shale fossils.

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