Wilderness areas

URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85146698
- info:lc/authorities/sh85146698
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh85146698#concept
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
- Library of Congress Subject Headings
Collection Membership(s)
Variants
- Lands, Protected wild
- Places, Protected wild
- Protected wild lands
- Protected wild places
- Protected wildlands
- Regions, Wilderness
- Wild lands, Protected
- Wild places, Protected
- Wilderness areas--Conservation
- Wilderness regions
- Wildlands, Protected
Broader Terms
Narrower Terms
- Wild and scenic rivers
Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
- http://d-nb.info/gnd/4127225-0
- http://d-nb.info/gnd/4120789-0
Earlier Established Forms
- Wilderness areas--Conservation
Sources
- found: Web. 3 (wilderness area: an area (as of a natural forest land) set aside by government for preservation of natural conditions for scientific or recreational purposes)
- found: Random House (wilderness area, a region whose natural growth is protected by legislation and whose recreational and industrial use restricted)
- found: LC database, Dec. 26, 2000 (wilderness; wilderness areas; wilderness regions; wild places; wild areas; wildlands; wild lands; backcountry; back country)
Change Notes
- 2000-12-26: new
- 2001-02-01: revised

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