Ruma National Park
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| Location: | Homa Bay , Kenya | ||
| Next city: | Homa Bay | ||
| Surface: | 120 km² | ||
| Founding: | 1983 | ||
| Address: | The warden, Ruma National Park P.O. Box 420, Homa Bay, Kenya. Tel. + 254-20-600800 |
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The Ruma National Park is a national park in Homa Bay County in Kenya . It was founded in 1966 as the Lambwe Valley Game Reserve to protect the last remaining roan antelope habitat in Kenya. In 1983 the nature reserve was declared a national park. The Ruma National Park is about 10 km east of Lake Victoria and consists of a savannah landscape with rivers, mountains and isolated forest landscapes.
climate
The climate in Ruma National Park is humid and humid. The average rainfall is between 1200 and 1600 mm.
fauna
In addition to the last roan antelopes in Kenya, red hartebeests , Uganda giraffes , reedbucks , white rams , African ostriches , chimpanzees , anubis baboons and impalas live in the Ruma National Park . Cheetahs and leopards also live there . About 145 different bird species live in the national park, including the fish eagle and the silk turaco . Among the reptiles that live there are agamas , puff adders , African spitting cobras , various lizards and geckos .
Web links
- Ruma National Park ( Memento of October 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ World Database on Protected Areas - Ruma National Park (English)
- ↑ http://www.ncapd-ke.org/UserFiles/File/District Strategic Plans / Suba FINAL Modified.pdf (link not available)
- ↑ Tom Parkinson, Matt Phillips, Will Gourlay: Kenya , Lonely Planet, 2006 here online at books.google, accessed on November 27, 2009.
- ↑ guideforafrica.com , accessed on 27 November of 2009.