Bikin National Park

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Bikin National Park

IUCN Category II - National Park

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location Primorye region
surface 1,160,000 ha
Geographical location 46 ° 40 '  N , 136 ° 0'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 40 '0 "  N , 136 ° 0' 0"  E
Bikin National Park (Russia)
Bikin National Park
Setup date 2015

The Bikin National Park ( Russian Национа́льный парк «Бики́н» ) is a national park in the Russian Primorsky Krai .

properties

The Bikin National Park was designated in November 2015 and covers an area of ​​1.16 million hectares (11,600 km²). The river Bikin is named after the river , whose middle course is characterized by lush mixed coniferous and deciduous forests with hundreds of different types of wood. The Korean pine is particularly common. The Amur tiger is at home in the Bikin National Park . Around ten percent of Russia's total tiger population live in the entire bikini region.

Individual evidence

  1. a b No chainsaws in the tiger forest. WWF Germany , November 13, 2015, accessed on July 11, 2016 .
  2. The WWF supports indigenous peoples. WWF Germany, April 22, 2015, accessed on July 11, 2016 .