Tingi Hills Forest Reserve
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Tingi Hills Non-Hunting Forest Reserve
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| location | West Africa |
| surface | 118.85 km² |
| WDPA ID | 10732 |
| Geographical location | 8 ° 55 ' N , 10 ° 46' W |
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| Setup date | 1947 (1973) |
| administration | National Protected Area Authority |
The Tingi Hills Wad Reserve ( English Tingi Hills Non-Hunting Forest Reserve ) is a forest reserve without hunting in the West African Sierra Leone . It is a national park according to the IUCN .
The reserve lies in the border area of the Eastern and Northern provinces and has an area of 118.85 square kilometers . It is located in the Tingi Hills mountain range of the same name .
Vegetation, flora and fauna
In addition to the two dominating peaks with 1,800 m and 1,853 m ( Sankan Biriwa ), the Sewa and Mano rivers run through. At heights between 305 and 915 meters, there is mainly forest savannah , overlying shrub savannah up to about 1650 meters and a grass savannah on the peaks. There are gallery forests along the rivers .
More than 200 bird species have so far been identified in Tingi Hills, including at least six rare species such as Prinia leontica . The chimpanzee , elephant and pygmy hippopotamus are found in large mammals . The chimpanzee population is given as 70 (as of 2010).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Sankan Biriwa (Tingi Hills) in Sierra Leone. Protectedplanet. Retrieved July 21, 2017.
- ^ A b Tingi Hills Non-hunting Forest Reserve. Birdlife International, 2005. Retrieved July 21, 2017.
- ↑ Schistolais Leontica. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved July 21, 2017.
- ^ Tingi Hills. VSLTravel. Retrieved July 22, 2017.
- ↑ Sierra Leone National Chimpanzee Census August 2010. Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary, 2010, pp. 83f.