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| | World Heritage Review #9 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01) |
 | | The result was the separation, in 1956, of Ngorongoro from Serengeti and the inauguration, in 1959, of what is now Ngorongoro Conservation Area, as a multiple land use area accommodating pastoralism by the Maasai, forest (as watershed) and wildlife protection, tourism and research. |
 | | It is in these plains that the splendour of Serengeti manifests itself during the rainy season which extends from November to May. The plains appear to be filled by millions of wildebeest (also called gnu), dispersed in all directions, with pockets of other plains game such as zebra and gazelles, and attending predators and scavengers. |
 | | Their work extended into the Serengeti, the results of which are encapsulated in the film and book of the same name. |
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