Kafta Sheraro National Park
| Kafta Sheraro National Park | |
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| Kafta Sherao National Park | |
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IUCN category II (national park) | |
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| Coordinates | 13°59′58.92″N 37°00′1.08″E / 13.9997000°N 37.0003000°ECoordinates: 13°59′58.92″N 37°00′1.08″E / 13.9997000°N 37.0003000°E |
| Area | 5000 km2 |
| Designation | National Park |
| Established | 2007 |
| Governing body | Ethiopia Wildlife Conservation Authority |
| http://www.ewca.gov.et/en/node/20 | |
Kafta Sheraro National Park is in Ethiopia's western Tigray region, in the districts (woredas) of Kafta Humera and Tahtay Adiyabo. The park borders with Eritrea's Gash-Setit to the north and is traversed by the Tekezé River. Vegetation communities in the park include Acacia-Commiphora, Combretum-Terminalia, dry evergreen montane woodlands and riparian types. A total of 167 mammal species, 95 bird species and 9 reptile species have been recorded at the site.[1]
The park is home to a transboundary African elephant population of about 100 individuals, which it shares with Eritrea's Gash-Setit, and which constitutes the northernmost elephant population in Eastern Africa.[2] Kafta-Sheraro is also an important wintering site for demoiselle cranes.[3]
Other notable wildlife species include lion, leopard, caracal, aardvark, greater kudu, roan antelope, red-fronted gazelle and red-necked ostrich.[1]
References
- 1 2 Ethiopia Wildlife Conservation Authority. "Kafta Sheraro National Park". EWCA. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
- ↑ Blanc, J. Julian; Barnes, Richard F. W; Craig, G. Colin; Dublin, Holly T; Thouless, Chris R; Douglas-Hamilton, Iain; Hart, John A (2007). African Elephant Status Report 2007: an update from the African Elephant Database (PDF). Occasional Papers of the IUCN Species Survival Commission. 33. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN.
- ↑ Gebremedhin, B.; Demeke, Y. (September 2011). "Discovery of a wintering site of Demoiselle Cranes in Kafta-Sheraro National Park, Ethiopia". Bulletin of the African Bird Club. 18 (2): 199–202.