Maliau Basin

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Maliau Basin or Meliau Basin, or also Maliau Basin Conservation Area, is a region in Sabah, Malaysia, which represents a geological catchment surrounding the Maliau River. Located around the center of Sabah in the Sandakan Division, it was designated as a conservation area by the Sabah Foundation (Yayasan Sabah) in 1981. Later in 1997 the Sabah State Assembly gazetted the Basin as a Protection Forest Reserve (Class I) with a total area of 588 square kilometres. The region also features Mount Lotung (1667 metres), Maliau Falls, and Lake Linumunsut. Efforts are underway to nominate the area as a World Heritage Site.^[1]

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v • d • e National Parks and major conservation areas in Sabah
World Heritage Site	Kinabalu National Park
National Parks	Crocker Range National Park • Pulau Tiga National Park • Tawau Hills Park • Tun Sakaran Marine Park • Tunku Abdul Rahman Park • Turtle Islands Park
Protection forest reserves	Danum Valley Conservation Area • Maliau Basin Conservation Area
Other nature reserves and sanctuaries	Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary • Sepilok Orang Utan Sanctuary • Tabin Wildlife Reserve • Kota Kinabalu City Bird Sanctuary • Sugud Islands Marine Conservation Area • Timbun Mata Island