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http://www.australianexplorer.com/wave_rock.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave_Rock

http://www.westernaustralia.com/en/Pages/Attraction.aspx?pid=9001137

http://www.crikey-adventure-tours.com/wave-rock.html

http://whc.unesco.org/en/criteria

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World heritage listing achieves:
. More visiting to the wonderful wave rock.
. More notice for the area to the world.
. more fame to the area
. more visiting is good for the transport to get more money also the accommodation.
. pride for the country  because Australia is being known more
. more care for the site will achieve to hire people to clean the area up of some of the over corroded parts of the rock

5 reasons why

1.the site that i have chosen should be preserved because of its unique wave shape that was naturally produced by earth centuries ago
2.wave rock should be preserved because the edge of the top of the rock is  used as a catchment that provides water to the local dam and many people may receive water in the area.
3. i strongly agree that wave rock should be preserved is because of its beauty and if it was world heritage listed it would be visited more often by tourists and would be know a lot more around the world.
4.i also believe that wave rock should be preserved is because of its colours the colour of the rock is brown and black in witch the black is algae algae and the rest is the rock .This colour brings even more out about the wave because the light and dark parts looks like a wave turned into rock.
5. finally wave rock should be preserved because if it is maintained more by the council more will visit and it would looked like it was looked after.

UNESCO criteria

 
To be world heritage listed for a natural site it must fulfil the following points.
1.it has to be an outstanding examples representing major stages of earth history. It fulfils this because it was cherished by the native aboriginals and has went through a lot of the time humans have lived.
2.To be outstanding examples representing on-going ecological and biological processes in the evolution and development of terrestrial, fresh water, coastal and marine ecosystems and communities of plants and animals .This site fulfils this  because it provides shelter for animals and plants during the day.
3.The sit has to contain superlative natural phenomena or areas of exceptional natural beauty and aesthetic importance . It fulfils this by it location in  beautiful bush land and the rock just adds to the beauty of the land of bush around the area.
4.The site has to contain the most important and significant natural habitats for in-situ conservation of biological diversity, including those containing threatened species of outstanding universal value from the point of view of science or conservation. This site fulfils the statement by being a rock that was formed naturally by the earth in the shape as a wave and is located in beautiful bush land in western Australia.

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Wave rock

I choose this site because it is unique in a way because it is shaped like a wave that is 15 metres tall. Wave rock is about 350km east of Perth and is situated near a town called Hyden in Western Australia. Wave Rock has cultural backgrounds to it because it was found by the Aboriginals. It is 110km long. More than 140,000 people visit the rock a year. The rock is made up of the rock of granite. The wave shape is formed by natural phenomenon not a wave phenomenon. The locals celebrate with a music festival every year during late September. It is believed that it started forming about 2700 million years when it started to form. Wave rock is just kilometres from the great western highway. The colour of the rock is created by the rain and washing chemicals down the face of the rock . The darker parts of the rock is created by algae build up. During the day when the sun shines on it the colour will slightly convert to a lighter colour. The rock is all so used as a catchment to collect water into the local dam. the catchment is attached to the edge of the rock.