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Cultural landscapes4 Hydraulic works2 Irrigations2 Ancient cities1 Hilltop cities1 Pictographs1

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🇨🇳China2 🇮🇩Indonesia1 🇳🇬Nigeria1

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bali1 batukaru1 cultural landscape1 frog shaman1 guangxi1 hematite1 hilltop city1

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🇨🇳 China · Rock art

Zuojiang Huashan Rock Art Cultural Landscape

Bronze Age to Eastern Han (Warring States 400 BCE – Han) · Luoyue (proto-Zhuang Baiyue)

Guangxi karst cliffs 38 panels 1900 frog-shaman figures 5th c. BCE–2nd c. CE, UNESCO 1508.

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🇮🇩 Indonesia · Hydraulic works

Subak Irrigation System — Bali Cultural Landscape

Warmadewa to Majapahit to colonial (9th–20th c.) · Balinese Hindu Dharma (Shaiva–Water, Tri Hita Karana) with Buddhist layer

9th-c. 1200-km canal 19,500 ha terraces coordinated by water temples (Ulun Danu–Jatiluwih–Pakerisan), Tri Hita Karana.