Kilimanjaro National Park

	Kilimanjaro National Park IUCN Category II - National Park
	Entrance to the national park
location	Kilimanjaro Region , Tanzania
surface	1,688 km²
WDPA ID	922
Geographical location	3 ° 3 ' S , 37 ° 22' E Coordinates: 3 ° 3 '0 " S , 37 ° 21' 35" E
Setup date	1973

The Kilimanjaro National Park , which was founded in 1973 and opened in 1977, comprises Kilimanjaro to which, among others, the tropical rain forests and mountains Kibo, Mawenzi and Shira are. The purpose of the approximately 756 km² national park is to protect the landscape and the flora and fauna on Kilimanjaro and preserve them for the future. The park is 1,800 to 5,895 m above sea level. The annual precipitation varies from 2300 mm in the lower layers to 4600 mm in the higher mountain forest.

A few kilometers east on Kenyan soil is the Tsavo West National Park with its numerous large animal species. Immediately to the west of the park is the Arusha National Park . Further to the west, between the Kilimanjaro and Lake Victoria - more towards the lake - located in the Serengeti of the Serengeti National Park with the great Ngorongoro Crater and its rich flora and fauna .

Web links

Commons : Kilimanjaro National Park - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Kilimanjaro National Park. UNESCO, accessed September 29, 2016 .
^ Wally and Horst Hagen: The African national parks as habitats for elephants. In: Vitus B. Dröscher : Save the elephants of Africa. Goldmann Verlag , Munich 1992, ISBN 3-442-12322-4 . P. 237.

[1] Kilimanjaro National Park. UNESCO, accessed September 29, 2016 .

[2] Wally and Horst Hagen: The African national parks as habitats for elephants. In: Vitus B. Dröscher : Save the elephants of Africa. Goldmann Verlag , Munich 1992, ISBN 3-442-12322-4 . P. 237.