Parks, protected areas, and geographic heritage sites

Reserve

A reserve is an area of land or water set aside for conservation, often to prevent harm to its wildlife and ecosystems, and part of the protected-area family.

Réserve Africaine de Sigean is a French drive-through zoological park between Narbonne and Perpignan, opened April 8, 1974 by Paul de La Panouse and Daniel de Monfreid, holding about 2,500 animals of 160 species on 360 hectares.

Réserve de faune de Binder-Léré

Réserve de faune de Binder-Léré, a 1,350 km² faunal reserve in Mayo-Kebbi Ouest, southwestern Chad, created in 1974, Ramsar site no. 1561, home to Chad's third-largest elephant population, manatees, and the Gauthiot Falls; core zone became Zah Soo National Park in 2022.

Réserve naturelle nationale des Terres australes francaises

Réserve naturelle nationale des Terres australes francaises: French national nature reserve (created 2006, extended 2016 and 2022) covering Crozet, Kerguelen, Saint-Paul, and Amsterdam; 1,662,679 km², largest reserve in France, Ramsar site 1837, UNESCO World Heritage since 2019.

Residence of Bukovinian and Dalmatian Metropolitans

Historicist architectural ensemble in Chernivtsi, Ukraine, built 1864–1882 by Josef Hlávka for the Orthodox metropolitans of Bukovina and Dalmatia; UNESCO World Heritage site since 2011, now Chernivtsi National University.

Residences of the Royal House of Savoy

Residences of the Royal House of Savoy: serial UNESCO World Heritage Site (1997) of 22 palaces and villas in and around Turin, built from 1562, radial 'Crown of Delights' plan, criteria (i)(ii)(iv)(v).

Residential Palace ("P")

Residential Palace ("P"), also Palace P or Private Palace, is the Achaemenid residence of Cyrus the Great at Pasargadae, Iran: a 31.1 x 22.1 m hypostyle hall of thirty columns, begun 535-530 BCE and completed by Darius I.

Rest in peace

Rest in peace (R.I.P.) is a common Western epitaph calqued from Latin requiescat in pace, a Christian funerary prayer dating to 8th-century gravestones, now also a secular condolence and social-media mourning expression.

Restormel

Restormel (Cornish Ros tor moyl, 'bare hilltop spur'), Lostwithiel, Cornwall: a Norman motte-and-bailey castle with a rare intact shell keep, a nearby Roman fort and temporary camp, and the Restormel Royal iron mine.

Retro park

Retro park (Ретро-парк): nostalgic-themed public or amusement parks; flagship is Retro Park in Atyrau, Kazakhstan, opened 2017 by Tengizchevroil in 1950s neoclassical style on the Ural River, now slated for 564 million tenge reconstruction.

Reunion Arena

Reunion Arena was a city-owned indoor arena in downtown Dallas, Texas, open 1980-2008, home of the Dallas Mavericks and Dallas Stars, site of the 1984 Republican National Convention and a Katrina shelter, demolished in 2009.

Revenge of the Mummy

Revenge of the Mummy: The Ride is an indoor launched roller coaster themed to The Mummy films at Universal Studios Florida, Hollywood, and Singapore. Opened 2004 (2010 Singapore), 45 mph, 48-inch height requirement, no inversions, marketed as a psychological thrill ride.

Revillagigedo Islands

Revillagigedo Island (Archipiélago de Revillagigedo) is a group of four remote volcanic islands in the Pacific off Mexico's Baja California, made a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2016.

Reycross

Reycross (Rey Cross) is a scheduled Roman marching camp, later signal station, and Bronze Age stone circle on Stainmore Pass, County Durham, England, astride the York-Carlisle Roman road between the forts of Bowes and Brough.

Reykjanes UNESCO Global Geopark

Reykjanes UNESCO Global Geopark (Reykjanes jarðvangur), designated 2015, covers Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula where the Mid-Atlantic Ridge is on land; 55 geosites, six volcanic systems, eruptions resumed 2021 after 781 years.

Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes

Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes is a UNESCO World Heritage site, inscribed in 2008, covering the Albula and Bernina railway lines across the Swiss Alps.

Rhizon/Risinium

Rhizon (Greek Ῥίζων, Latin Risinium/Risinum), at modern Risan in Montenegro's Bay of Kotor, was an Illyrian royal stronghold where Queen Teuta took refuge in 229 BC, later the Roman municipium Risinium, god Medaurus, excavated by Warsaw since 2001.

Rhodes Ostrich Farm & Park

Rhodes Ostrich Farm & Park (Φάρμα Στρουθοκαμήλων), now Farma of Rhodes Petting Zoo, is an interactive animal farm at Ano Kalamonas near Theologos, Rhodes, with about 20 species including ostriches and lemurs, a fire-rebuilt park, and Tripadvisor Travelers' Choice ranking.

Rhön Biosphere Reserve

Rhön Biosphere Reserve (Biosphärenreservat Rhön), a UNESCO Man and Biosphere site designated 6 March 1991 across Bavaria, Hesse, and Thuringia in central Germany; tri-state model region with core, care, and development zones, recertified in 2025 for ten more years.

Ría Celestún Biosphere Reserve

Ría Celestún Biosphere Reserve (Reserva de la Biosfera Ría Celestún), a Mexican protected coastal wetland in Yucatán and Campeche, decreed 2000, Ramsar site 1333, MAB reserve 2003, home to Mexico's largest Caribbean flamingo population.

Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve

Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve (Reserva de la Biósfera Ría Lagartos), a 60,347.82 ha protected coastal wetland in Yucatán, Mexico, decreed 21 May 1999, a Ramsar site since 1986 and UNESCO MAB reserve since 2004, famed for Caribbean flamingo and sea turtle nesting.

Riacho Teuquito Biosphere Reserve

Riacho Teuquito Biosphere Reserve (Reserva de Biosfera Riacho Teuquito), a UNESCO MAB site designated in 2000 in western Formosa Province, Argentina, protecting Chaco Seco dry forest; provincial reserve since 1987, core area the Reserva Natural Formosa (~4,151 ha).

Ribble & Alt Estuaries

Ribble & Alt Estuaries (SPA UK9005103, Ramsar UK11057) is a 12,450-hectare protected estuarine wetland in Lancashire and Sefton, northwest England, holding 222,038 wintering waterfowl and up to 40% of Britain's natterjack toads.

Ribchester Roman Bath House

Ribchester Roman bath house, at Greenside near Bremetennacum fort, Lancashire: built about AD 100 for cavalry soldiers, hypocaust-heated, discovered 1837, excavated 1927, 1964, and 1978, disused by about AD 225.

Ribeira Sacra E Serras Do Oribio E Courel Biosphere Reserve

Ribeira Sacra e Serras do Oribio e Courel Biosphere Reserve, Galicia, Spain; UNESCO MAB site designated 15 September 2021; 306,535 ha across 23 municipalities on the Miño and Sil rivers, with the Courel Geopark and six Natura 2000 sites.

Richfield Coliseum

Richfield Coliseum was a 20,273-seat arena in Richfield Township, Ohio, home of the Cleveland Cavaliers 1974-1994 and a major concert venue; demolished 1999, its site is now grassland in Cuyahoga Valley National Park.

Richmond Park

Richmond Park: largest of London's eight Royal Parks at 2,500 acres, a Charles I deer park enclosed by an eight-mile wall, now a National Nature Reserve with deer herds and protected St Paul's view.

Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape

Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape: 160,000-ha World Heritage Site (2007, criteria iv and v) in South Africa's Northern Cape, where Nama transhumance pastoralism with portable haru om houses sustains Succulent Karoo biodiversity.

Ricketts Glen State Park

Ricketts Glen State Park is a 13,193-acre Pennsylvania state park in Luzerne, Sullivan, and Columbia counties, known for the Glens Natural Area and its 22 named waterfalls, including 94-foot Ganoga Falls, along the 7.2-mile Falls Trail loop.