Bale Mountains National Park
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| Location: | Oromia , Ethiopia | ||
| Next city: | Addis Ababa | ||
| Surface: | 2471 km² | ||
| Founding: | 1969 | ||
The Bale Mountains National Park (English: Bale Mountains National Park) is a protected area in the Ethiopian region of Oromia . It was expelled in 1969 and protects the largest contiguous alpine landscape in all of Africa.
geography
The national park has an area of 2471 km² and is between 1550 m and 4377 m above sea level . It is the highest region in southern Ethiopia and is about 420 km south of Addis Ababa . The park administration is in the city of Dinsho . The Tulu Dimtu is the second highest mountain in Ethiopia at 4377 m.
fauna
The park is known as a “hot spot” of biological diversity , as the species communities there were able to develop in absolute isolation.
The Ethiopian wolf , which lives here, is particularly rare and worthy of protection . About half of the total population of only 450 animals live in the national park. Both the Frankfurt Zoological Society and the Ethiopian Wolf Conservation Program (EWCP) in cooperation with Oxford University , the Ethiopian government and National Geographic endeavor to preserve this species . In addition, the occurrence of mountain nyalas and the Ethiopian green monkey are worth mentioning, as well as the fact that nine endemic species of rodents occur, including the giant climber mouse ( Megadendromus nikolausi ) and the giant mole rat ( Tachyoryctes macrocephalus ). Of the 78 mammal species recorded in the national park, 20 are endemic to Ethiopia.
In the national park including endemic of the 17 species in Ethiopia have been detected more than 280 species of birds alone seven: gold necklace Pieper , yellow-headed parrot , Strichelbrustkiebitz , Schwarzkopfgirlitz , Abyssinian catbird , juniper woodpecker and the Meisensängerart Parisoma greaventris . Among the other notable species of birds, many birds of prey like are spotted eagle , imperial eagle , Black Eagle , tawny eagle , steppe eagle , Pallid Harrier , augur buzzard , Lanner Falcon , Lesser Kestrel , and bearded vulture to mention. But the Klunkerkranich and the Rougetralle also find their habitat in the park.
Mountain nyalas in the national park
Warthog
Ethiopian wolf
Rougetralle
flora
Due to the extreme height differences within the park, there is a mixed alpine flora. However, the omnipresent juniper trees are characteristic.
Web links
- Homepage of the national park
- World Database on Protected Areas - Bale Mountains National Park (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Note on the website of the Frankfurter Zoologischer Gesellschaft, accessed on November 16, 2014 ( memento of the original from November 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Explanations on the homepage of the national park on the mammal species ( Memento of the original from July 30, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Report on the animal population, English, pdf
- ↑ a b Explanations of the bird species on the National Park's homepage ( Memento of the original from July 30, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
