瓦登海(荷兰语:Waddenzee、弗里西语:Waadsee、低地德语:Wattensee、德语:Wattenmeer、丹麦语:Vadehavet)指的是欧洲大陆西北部到北海之间的一块浅海及湿地。瓦登海北起自丹麦南部的海岸,遂向南至德国海岸后又转向西到荷兰。与北海之间有弗里西亚群岛分开。瓦登海拥有丰富的生物多样性资源。据C·迈克尔·霍根的研究,瓦登海是全球海洋中海岸线被人类改变最多的海洋之一,这种改变通过陆地和低洼沿海的岛屿上的堤坝和堤道系统。瓦登海从荷兰西南部登海尔德开始延伸,穿过德国的大河河口至其丹麦埃斯比约,全长约500公里,总面积约10000平方公里。
The Wadden Sea is the largest unbroken system of intertidal sand and mud flats in the world. The site covers the Dutch Wadden Sea Conservation Area, the German Wadden Sea National Parks of Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein, and most of the Danish Wadden Sea maritime conservation area. It is a large, temperate, relatively flat coastal wetland environment, formed by the intricate interactions between physical and biological factors that have given rise to a multitude of transitional habitats with tidal channels, sandy shoals, sea-grass meadows, mussel beds, sandbars, mudflats, salt marshes, estuaries, beaches and dunes. The area is home to numerous plant and animal species, including marine mammals such as the harbour seal, grey seal and harbour porpoise. Wadden Sea is one of the last remaining large-scale, intertidal ecosystems where natural processes continue to function largely undisturbed.
国别 | 丹麦 Denmark 德国 Germany 荷兰 Netherlands |
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中文名称 | 瓦登海 |
英文名称 | Wadden Sea |
遗产类别 | 自然遗产 |
登录年份 | 2009,2011,2014 |
选入标准 | (viii)(ix)(x) |
遗产范围包括:
- Key Planning Decision (PKB) Wadden Sea, part I, Netherlands
- Key Planning Decision (PKB) Wadden Sea, part II, Netherlands
- National Park Wadden Sea Niedersachsen, part I, Germany
- National Park Wadden Sea Niedersachsen, part II, Germany
- National Park Wadden Sea Niedersachsen, part III, Germany
- National Park Wadden Sea Niedersachsen, part IV, Germany
- National Park Wadden Sea Schleswig-Holstein / Danish Wadden Sea Nature and Wildlife Resere, part I, Denmark
- Danish Wadden Sea Nature and Wildlife Reserve, part II, Denmark
石勒苏益格-荷尔斯泰因瓦登海国家公园(德语:Nationalpark Schleswig-Holsteinisches Wattenmeer)是德国的国家公园,始建于1985年10月1日,面积4,410平方公里,该国家公园在2009年6月26日被联合国教科文组织列为世界遗产。
发行国家/地区:德国 Germany