Javakheti National Park
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Javakheti National Park
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 View from the Akhalkalaki plateau to the mountains in the national park |
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| location | Georgia | |
| surface | 142 km² | |
| WDPA ID | 555549423 | |
| Geographical location | 41 ° 14 ' N , 43 ° 23' E | |
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| Setup date | 2011 | |
The Javakheti National Park ( Georgian ჯავახეთის ეროვნული პარკი , Javakhetis erownuli parki; English transcription Javakheti ) is a national park in the Georgian region of Samtskhe-Javakheti .
location
The 14,200 hectare park covers an area on the territory of the Akhalkalaki and Ninozminda municipalities . It extends on the southern edge of the Akhalkalaki plateau or the Javakheti highlands from Lake Karzachi , the entire shore area of which it includes on the Georgian side, along the state border with Turkey and Armenia to a little east of the border triangle, where the at 2980 m above the Sea level is the highest point of the park.
Five smaller reserves connected to the park (Georgian აღკვეთილი , aghkwetili ) around the villages and Karzachi Sulda in the municipality Akhalkalaki and the lakes Bughdascheni , Chantschali and Madatapa in the municipality Ninotsminda.
description
Javakheti National Park was designated in 2011. It is part of a transnational protected area: The Arpisee National Park joins in Armenia . The national park is characterized by tree-free steppes and sub-alpine grasslands as well as lakes and wetlands. Migratory birds, for example, spend the winter there . The visitor and administration building of the Javakheti National Park in Akhalkalaki was built and financed with the support of WWF and KfW Bank .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Agency of Protected Areas: Javakheti Protected Areas Administration. (No longer available online.) Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources Protection of Georgia, archived from the original on July 12, 2016 ; accessed on July 12, 2016 . 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.
- ↑ a b c Lake Arpi & Javakheti National Park. WWF Germany , accessed July 12, 2016 .
- ↑ Annual report 2011/2012. (PDF) WWF Germany, p. 20 , accessed on July 11, 2016 .
- ↑ Annual report 2013/2014. (PDF) WWF Germany, p. 41 , accessed on July 11, 2016 .
