S.No | UNESCO Global Geopark | Country | Details |
1 | Schelde Delta | Belgium and Kingdom of the Netherlands | Hold a unique geological position between the sinking North Sea Basin and the rising Brabant Massif. |
2 | Uberaba | Brazil | It is situated in southeast Brazil within South America’s second-largest biome. |
3 | Enshi Grand Canyon-Tenglongdong Cave | China | The site, located in the southwest of Hubei Province, is a rich cultural heritage of the Tujia, Miao, and Dong ethnic minority groups. |
4 | Linxia | China | The geopark, located in Gansu Province, features a landscape characterised by mid-high mountains, hills, and basins. |
5 | Longyan | China | It offers a geological record of tectonic evolution in southeast China covering a period of approximately 300 million years |
6 | Mount Changbaishan | China | The site, located in the southeast Jilin Province, is one of the best-preserved composite volcanoes from the past several million year. |
7 | Wugongshan | China | It is located in the junction of three cities, Pingxiang, Yichun, and Ji’an. |
8 | Xingyi | China | The Wanfenglin site, located in Guizhou Province, displays more than 20,000 karst peaks |
9 | Biokovo-Imotski Lakes | Croatia | The Biokovo-Imotski Lakes are situated in central Dalmatia at the intersection of Mediterranean and Central European landscapes and cultures |
10 | The South Fyn Archipelago | Denmark | This includes both terrestrial and marine zones that transcribe approximately 800,000 years of geological history. |
11 | Impact Crater Lake – Lappajärvi | Finland | It is located in South Ostrobothnia in the west of Finland. It is recognised as Europe’s largest impact crater lake. |
12 | Armorique | France | This includes vertical cliffs of the Crozon Peninsula, the Arrée Mountains, Brest Bay, and the River Aulne estuary. |
13 | Normandie-Maine | France | This offers remnants of a geological history spanning 600 million years including ancient megalithic sites. |
14 | Meteora Pyli | Greece | The site located in the Thessaly region is known for towering Meteora sandstone columns that reach heights of up to 300 meters. |
15 | Bükk Region | Hungary | geological environments and comprises a near-continuous sedimentary sequence spanning more than 300 million years. |
16 | Land of Extinct Volcanoes | Poland | It is a geological environment and comprises a near-continuous sedimentary sequence spanning more than 300 million years |
17 | Oeste | Portugal | The site located along Portugal’s central west coast includes over 72 km of Atlantic coastline, with more than 15 km of sandy beaches |
18 | Calatrava Volcanoes. Ciudad Real | Spain | It is situated in the southwest of the autonomous community of Castilla-La Mancha, in central Spain. |
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