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Created page with "The extension of the natural World Heritage property of '''Jungfrau - Aletsch - Bietschhorn''' (first inscribed in 2001), expands the site to the east and west, bringing its s..."
The extension of the natural World Heritage property of '''Jungfrau - Aletsch - Bietschhorn''' (first inscribed in 2001), expands the site to the east and west, bringing its surface area up to 82,400 ha., up from 53,900. The site provides an outstanding example of the formation of the High [[Alps]], including the most glaciated part of the mountain range and the largest [[glacier]] in Eurasia. It features a wide diversity of [[ecosystem]]s, including successional stages due particularly to the retreat of glaciers resulting from [[climate change]]. The site is of outstanding universal value both for its beauty and for the wealth of information it contains about the formation of mountains and glaciers, as well as ongoing climate change. It is also invaluable in terms of the ecological and biological processes it illustrates, notably through plan succession. Its impressive landscape has played an important role in European art, literature, mountaineering and alpine tourism.<ref>http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1037</ref>
== See also ==
*[[List of World Heritage Sites in Europe and North America]]
== External links ==
*[https://www.jungfraualetsch.ch/en/ Website of the Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch]
== References ==
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[[Category:Switzerland]]
== See also ==
*[[List of World Heritage Sites in Europe and North America]]
== External links ==
*[https://www.jungfraualetsch.ch/en/ Website of the Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch]
== References ==
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[[Category:Switzerland]]