Maliau Basin

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Maliau Basin Conservation Area
IUCN Category Ia (Strict Nature Reserve)
Location	Tongod district, Sabah, Malaysia
Nearest city	Tawau
Area	588 square kilometres
Governing body	Yayasan Sabah Group

Maliau 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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• Information on Maliau Basin
• Information from Wild Asia

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