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List Of National Parks In Africa
This is a list of national parks in Africa. The nature of the parks varies considerably not only between countries but also within some nations - the degree of protection, accessibility and type of environment for which it is intended to deliver protection. Some parks have been cleared of their original human population, others have always been essentially uninhabited, while yet others contain significant population centers. National parks can be found in a large majority of African countries, being most numerous in Gabon, Kenya and Tanzania. Some nations also have considerable areas designated as private parks, game reserves, forest reserves, marine reserves, national reserves and nature park, natural parks. These are not included in the list below, even though some of these may resemble some national parks. For more information on such zones, see the individual articles on each country. Algeria *Hoggar Mountains, Ahaggar National Park *Belezma National Park *Chrea National ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Gouraya National Park
The national park of Gouraya () is one of the coastal national parks of Algeria. It is located in Béjaïa Province, near the shrine of Sidi Touati. History The park became an Algerian National Park in 1984, and has been UNESCO-recognized as a biosphere reserve in 2004. Description The park owes its name to the Gouraya Mountain (altitude 660m) located within the park's boundaries. ''Algeria.com'' The ground elevation in the park oscillates between -135m and 660m. There is also a lake, the Lake Mézaïa.Biosphere Reserve Information ''Unesco.org'', 3 April 2006 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quiçama National Park
Quiçama National Park, also known as Kissama National Park ( Portuguese: Parque Nacional do Quiçama or Parque Nacional da Quissama), is a national park in northwestern Angola. It is the only functioning national park in all of Angola, with the others being in disrepair due to the Angolan Civil War. The park is approximately 70 km from Luanda, the Angolan capital. The park covers 3 million acres (12,000 km²), more than twice the size of the U.S. state of Rhode Island. The Portuguese name ''Quiçama'' is spelled in English and other languages as ''Kissama, Kisama'' or ''Quicama''. The spelling ''Kissama'' in English is the closest to the Portuguese phonetic. Geography The park is bordered on the west by 120 km of the Atlantic Ocean's coast. The Cuanza River forms the northern boundary, while the Longa River constitutes the southern border. History What is now Quiçama National Park was formed as a game reserve in 1938. In January 1957, it was proclaimed a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mupa National Park
Mupa National Park is a national park in Angola's Cunene province and covers an area of 6600 square kilometers. It was proclaimed a national park on 26 December 1964 while Angola was a Portuguese territory. It is significant for its expected wide (though generally unstudied) variety of avifauna. Many Angolans reside within the park, which, along with nomadic pastoralists and mineral prospecting threatens to destroy the park's birdlife. According to one article, "Even though the park was initially proclaimed to protect the giraffe subspecies, '' Giraffa camelopardalis angolensis'', by 1974 none were left. Other mammals which occur, include lion, leopard, wild dog and spotted hyena". About 18,000 people live in the park A park is an area of natural, semi-natural or planted space set aside for human enjoyment and recreation or for the protection of wildlife or natural habitats. Urban parks are urban green space, green spaces set aside for recreation inside t ... and are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luengue-Luiana National Park
Six-week-old a bush Luengue-Luiana National Park () is a national park in Angola. Geography The park covers an area of 42,000 km². It is located in Cuando Province in the southeastern corner of Angola. The park is bounded on the west and southwest by the Kavango River, on the south by the border with Namibia, on the east by the Cuando River , which forms the border with Zambia, and on the north by Longa-Mavinga National Park.Tarr, Peter (2020). ''Management Plan for the Luengue- Luiana National Park, Kuando Kubango, Angola 2016-2020''. Southern Africa Regional Environment Programme/ref> Ecology The majority of the park is open woodland. The predominant trees are species of '' Burkea (plant), Burkea, Baikiaea, Pterocarpus'', and '' Erythrophleum'' in the southern portion of the park, and ''Erythrophleum, Burkea, Julbernardia'', and '' Guibourtia'' in the northern areas of the park. The spacing of the trees varies considerably from place to place. The ground is covered with spa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Longa-Mavinga National Park
Mavinga is a national park in Cuando Province in south-eastern Angola. It covers an area of . The Park was proclaimed in 2011 along with the neighbouring Luengue-Luiana National Park, which measures . The two parks are contiguous and managed as a single unit. The parks were created to conserve the areas’ high ecological and biological value. Mavinga forms the western border of Africa's largest conservation area, the Kavango-Zambezi Trans-Frontier Conservation Area (KaZa TFCA). History Wildlife populations were drastically reduced during the Angolan Civil War (1975 to 2002). The Park was proclaimed in 2011 along with Luengue-Luiana National Park. Climate The region has a Tropical Savanna Climate. Average annual rainfall varies from about 600 to 1000 mm. Geography and access The road network within the park is fairly well developed, though many of these roads are either in poor condition, or inaccessible because of landmines remaining from the Angolan Civil War. Bio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iona National Park
Iona National Park ( Portuguese: ) is the largest and oldest national park in Angola. It is situated in the Southwestern corner of the country, in Namibe Province. It is roughly bound by the Atlantic Ocean to the West, an escarpment to the East that marks the beginning of the interior plateau, the Curoca River to the North, and the Cunene River to the South. It is about south of the city of Namibe and covers sq. miles. The topography of Iona is characterised by shifting dunes, vast plains, and rough mountains and cliffs. Rainfall varies from about 100 mm on the coast to 300 mm or more on the eastern border. The Curoca River is intermittent but has lagoons, while the Cunene is permanent and has marshy areas at its mouth. Iona was proclaimed as a reserve in 1937 and upgraded to a national park in 1964. It is the oldest protected area in Angola. However, as is true for most Angolan parks, the Angolan Civil War greatly disrupted the area. Poaching and the destruction ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cangandala National Park
Cangandala National Park is a national park in Malanje Province, Angola. It is situated between the Cuije river and 2 unnamed territories of the Cuanza, with the towns of Culamagia and Techongolola on the edges of the park. It is the smallest national park in Angola. History Following the discovery of the Giant Sable Antelope in Portuguese West Africa in 1963, the Cangandala nature reserve was founded to safeguard its natural habitat. On 1970, while still under Portuguese rule, it was declared a national park. The park maintained this status after the independence of Angola in 1975. Description The park, which covers an area of , consists of undulating sandlime hills with lower-lying drainage lines. The area receives about rainfall per year with an average temperature of . No perennial rivers occur and drainage takes place via grass covered waterlanes. A mosaic of open miombo bushveld and savanna occur. Brachystegia-bushveld are found on the water partitions and open gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cameia National Park
Cameia National Park is a national park in the Moxico Leste province of Angola, located about 1100 m above sea level. It covers a surface of 14.450 km. It shares its name with the nearby municipality of Cameia. The Cameia– Luacano road forms the northern boundary of the park with the Chifumage River forming the southern portion of the eastern boundary and the Lumege and Luena rivers the south-western boundary. Much of the park consists of seasonally inundated plains that form part of the Zambezi river basin, with the northern half of the park draining into the Chifumage river. There are also extensive miombo woodlands, similar to those in the Zambezi basin of western Zambia. The park is a sample of nature not occurring elsewhere in Angola. Two lakes, Lago Cameia and Lago Dilolo (the largest lake in Angola) lie outside the park boundaries and both have extensive reedbeds and grassy swamps that are rich in aquatic birds. History The area now known as Cameia National Par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bicauri National Park
Bicuari National Park (; also called Bicuar National Park or Bikuar/Huíla National Park) is a national park in Angola. It is located in the south-west region of the country on the Huíla Plateau, about southeast of Lubango. The park is an area of sandy hills and shrub thicket character. The climate is tropical semi-arid. Bicuar was established as a hunting reserve in 1938, and reformed as a national park in 1964. Historically known for its large mammals, such as the black buffalo, the park suffered heavily in the Angolan Civil War (1975–2002). During this time the animals were mostly or entirely exterminated, but the Angolan Government is now undertaking efforts to rebuild the infrastructure and resettle the animals. Natural features The park is bordered on the east by the Cunene River, one of the few perennial rivers in the region. The dominant vegetation is described as Angolan miombo woodlands and Angolan mopane woodlands, an area of savanna and woodlands on the plateau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tlemcen National Park
The Tlemcen National Park (Arabic:الحديقة الوطنية تلمسان) is one of the more recent national parks of Algeria. It is located in Tlemcen Province, named after Tlemcen, a city near this park. The park includes the forests of ''Ifri'','' Zariffet'', and ''Aïn Fezza'', the waterfalls and cliffs of ''El Awrit'', and many archeological sites and the ruins of Mansoura, the ancient city on whose ruins Tlemcen was built, as well the Mosque of Sidi Boumediene, the patron saint A patron saint, patroness saint, patron hallow or heavenly protector is a saint who in Catholicism, Anglicanism, Eastern Orthodoxy or Oriental Orthodoxy is regarded as the heavenly advocate of a nation, place, craft, activity, class, clan, fa ... of Tlemcen. It is home to more than 141 species of animals, including 100 species of various birds, 16 species of mammals, 18 species of reptiles and 7 species of amphibians. References External linksPark data on UNEP-WPMC National parks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
