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DynaPark
DynaPark (DinoPark, Dinopark) name shared by unrelated dinosaur-themed attractions: the 8-park DinoPark Europe chain founded 2002 in Plzeň, plus parks in Minsk, Sevastopol, Kyiv, and Phuket, all with life-size animatronic dinosaurs.
Dyrehavsbakken
Dyrehavsbakken (Bakken), founded 1583 in Jægersborg Dyrehave near Klampenborg, is the world's oldest operating amusement park, with free entrance, 36 rides, and about 2.4 million estimated annual visits, second in Denmark after Tivoli.
Dzata
Dzata is a stone-walled ruin site in the Nzhelele valley of Limpopo, South Africa, which served as the capital of the united Venda kingdom in the 18th century.
Dzerzhinovo
Дзяржынава (Dzierżynowo, Дзержиново), formerly Oziembłowo, is a manor-museum in Stowbtsy district, Minsk region, Belarus, birthplace of Felix Dzerzhinsky (1877), burned in 1943 and rebuilt as a memorial complex.
Dzibilnocac
Dzibilnocac is a Maya archaeological site in the Chenes region of Campeche, Mexico, near Vicente Guerrero, Hopelchén, meaning "painted vault". Known for Structure A1, a 74 m tripartite temple-palace with zoomorphic facades and three towers, occupied from the Middle Preclassic and abandoned by the eleventh century.
E World
E-World (이월드), formerly Woobang Towerland, is a European-style theme park in Dalseo-gu, Daegu, South Korea, opened 28 March 1995 around 83 Tower on Duryu Mountain, with 30-plus rides, seasonal flower festivals, and winter illuminations.
E-da World Theme Park
E-DA World (義大世界) is a leisure resort in Dashu District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, built by E-United Group and opened in 2010. Its E-DA Theme Park is southern Taiwan's largest and Taiwan's only Greek-themed park, with 47 rides, Trojan Castle, and Taiwan's highest Ferris wheel.
Ea temple (Khorsabad)
The Ea temple at Khorsabad was a small sanctuary dedicated to Ea, god of water and wisdom, on the palace terrace of Dur-Sharrukin, Sargon II's capital.
Early Christian Monuments of Ravenna
The Early Christian Monuments of Ravenna is a UNESCO World Heritage Site comprising eight 5th- and 6th-century religious buildings in Ravenna, Italy, famed for their early Christian mosaics.
Early Christian Necropolis of Pécs (Sopianae) (Hungary)
Early Christian Necropolis of Pécs (Sopianae): 4th-century decorated underground burial chambers with memorial chapels above, in Roman Pannonia's Sopianae, modern Pécs, Hungary; UNESCO World Heritage site since 2000, criteria (iii)(iv), 16 monuments.
East Asian Department
East Asian Department (აღმოსავლეთ აზიის განყოფილება), the largest floristic section of the Batumi Botanical Garden, Georgia: 6.05 ha, 40% of the living collection, 1913 Japanese introductions, Tertiary relicts, and a Japanese garden.
East Bay Regional Park District
The East Bay Regional Park District (EBRPD) is an independent special park district managing 73 parks across 126,809 acres in Alameda and Contra Costa counties east of San Francisco.
East Calcutta Wetlands
East Calcutta Wetlands (East Kolkata Wetlands), a 12,500 ha Ramsar site (no. 1208, 2002) east of Kolkata, India: sewage-fed fish ponds and farms that naturally treat most of the city's wastewater, producing fish and vegetables.
East Carpathians Biosphere Reserve
East Carpathians Biosphere Reserve: first trilateral UNESCO MAB biosphere reserve (Poland, Slovakia, Ukraine; 1992/1998), 109,694 ha, Poloniny National Park, primeval beech forests, bison, World Heritage sites.
East Coast Cape Barren Island Lagoons
The East Coast Cape Barren Island Lagoons are a Ramsar wetland complex of about 100 shallow lagoons on the east coast of Cape Barren Island, Tasmania, listed in 1982.
East Coast Greenway
East Coast Greenway: 3,000-mile developing walking and biking route from Calais, Maine to Key West, Florida through 15 states and 450 communities; over 1,100 traffic-free miles, coordinated by the East Coast Greenway Alliance founded 1991 in Durham, NC.
East Creech villa
East Creech villa is a Romano-British villa site near East Creech, Dorset, England, discovered in 1869 and occupied from the 2nd to the 4th century.
East Rennell
East Rennell is the southern third of Rennell Island in Solomon Islands, a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1998 and on the danger list since 2013.
East Usambara Biosphere Reserve
East Usambara Biosphere Reserve: UNESCO MAB designation in the Tanga region of northeastern Tanzania, covering part of the Eastern Arc Mountains' East Usambaras, with Amani and Nilo forest reserves, high plant endemism, and community-based forest management.
East Vättern Scarp Landscape Biosphere Reserve
East Vättern Scarp Landscape (Östra Vätterbranterna) is a Swedish UNESCO biosphere reserve designated in 2012, covering 104,000 hectares east of Lake Vättern, governed by a non-profit association born of landowner-conservationist conflict.
Easter Happrew Roman Fort
Easter Happrew Roman Fort (SM1493) is a Flavian, Agricolan-era Roman fort and annexe near Peebles, Tweeddale, Scotland: rhomboid, about 1.42 ha, turf rampart and ditch, excavated 1956, abandoned around AD 90 for nearby Lyne fort.
Easter Island
Easter Island (Rapa Nui, Isla de Pascua), a remote Chilean Pacific island 3,700 km offshore, famous for over 1,000 moai statues, Rano Raraku quarry, 1722 European contact, and revised collapse history.
Eaton House Fort
Eaton House Fort, also called Eaton House Roman Fort, is a Roman auxiliary fort near Pennocrucium, Staffordshire, about 50 m south of Watling Street; almost square at about 150 m per side, double-ditched, identified in 1965 and scheduled in 1973.
Eccles
Eccles, Kent (Aylesford): site of a large Romano-British villa at Rowe Place Farm, in use c. AD 55-400 with 125 rooms, later an Anglo-Saxon cemetery of about 200 burials; excavated 1962-1976 by Alec Detsicas; distinct from Eccles, Greater Manchester.
Ecclesiasterion (Odeion) at Messene
Ecclesiasterion (Odeion) of Ancient Messene, also Ekklesiasterion: small theater-like assembly and performance hall in the Asclepieion, built late 3rd c. BC, 9.70 m orchestra, 21 m stage, restored 1997-2004, still hosting events.
Echzell
Echzell, Hesse, Germany: site of one of the largest Roman forts (5.2 ha) on the Upper German-Raetian Limes, garrisoned from about AD 90 to 260 by the Ala I Flavia Gemina and an infantry cohort, with a vicus of 4,000-5,000 people; fort baths lie under the village church.
Ecoland Theme Park
Ecoland Theme Park (에코랜드테마파크), also called Eco Land, is a forest theme park in Gyorae Gotjawal, Jocheon-eup, Jeju, South Korea, where visitors ride UK-built Baldwin locomotive replicas about 4.5 km through Gotjawal forest across themed stations.
Ecological Trail Garden of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants and South China Medicinal Plants Garden
Ecological Trail Garden of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants and South China Medicinal Plants Garden (香徑藥谷生態園區及南藥園), IAM-run medicinal plant gardens in Seac Pai Van Park, Coloane, Macao; about 30,000 m2, eight habitat zones, roughly 320 medicinal plant species, closed management with group booking.
Ecologically sensitive area
An ecologically sensitive area is a geographic area where a change in the ecological system is likely to produce a recognizable response; sites are fragile or legally designated.
Ecology (site)
An ecological research site is a location used for ecological research, teaching, species conservation, and public education, ranging from historic university gardens to purpose-built research gardens.