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A wild river or heritage river is a river or a river system designated by a government to be protected and kept "relatively untouched by development and are therefore in near natural condition, with a
An example of a wild river, the Franklin River, protected as part of the Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park in Tasmania
View down Colo River Valley, New South Wales, being river recently protected as a Wild River under New South Wales' National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974
View of French River, Canada's first designated Heritage River
View of Lake Manapouri, the protection of which was a key milestone in New Zealand environmental protection
The Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area, abbreviated to TWWHA, is a World Heritage Site in Tasmania, Australia. It is one of the largest conservation areas in Australia, covering 15,800 km2, or a
Wild river
…protection of the Franklin River, one of Australia’s last truly wild rivers..." resulting in the river being World Heritage listed (as part of the Tasmanian Wilderness world heritage area) and a subsequent Australian High Court decision preventing the damming of this wild river. The then Prime Minister of Australia…
Lake Judd from Mount Eliza, Southwest National Park
Dry sclerophyll forest in Tasmania
Lagarostrobos franklinii: a slow growing tree found only in the wilderness area
Towterer, an Aboriginal Tasmanian man from the Port Davey region