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1,284.27 acres (5.1973 km 2) Amache National Historic Site: Colorado: 472.59 acres (1.9125 km 2) Andersonville National Historic Site. Andersonville National Cemetery; Georgia: 515.61 acres (2.0866 km 2) Andrew Johnson National Historic Site. Andrew Johnson National Cemetery; Tennessee: 16.68 acres (0.0675 km 2) Bent's Old Fort National ...
Rufous hornero (national bird) Furnarius rufus [5] Azerbaijan: Karabakh horse (national horse) Equus caballus [6] Bahamas: Blue marlin (national fish) Makaira nigricans [7] Flamingo (national bird) Phoenicopterus ruber [7] Bangladesh: Bengal tiger (national animal) Panthera tigris tigris [8] Magpie robin (national bird) Copsychus saularis ...
Lorentz National Park was established in 1997, with a total area of 25,056 km 2, including an eastern extension and coastal and marine areas. [5] Lorentz National Park was listed as a natural World Heritage Site in 1999, however an area of about 1,500 km 2 was excluded from listing due to the presence of mining exploration titles within the ...
Penang National Park is the first protected area legally gazetted under Malaysia's National Park Act of 1980, signifying the state and federal governments' environmental protection efforts. It was established to preserve flora and fauna as well as objects with geological, archaeological , historical, ethnological , scientific, and scenic interests.
There are 106 existing national parks in India covering an area of 44,402.95 km 2 which is 1.35% of the geographical area of the country. In addition to the above, 75 other national parks covering an area of 16,608 km 2 (6,412 sq mi) are proposed in the Protected Area Network Report. The network of parks will go up 176 after full implementation ...
Meru Betiri National Park is a national park in the province of East Java, Indonesia, extending over an area of 580 km 2 of which a small part is marine (8.45 km 2). [2] The beaches of the park provide nesting grounds for endangered turtle species such as leatherback turtles, hawksbill turtles, green turtles, and olive ridley turtles.
It is the world's largest lizard and is among the world's largest reptiles; [20] the females can reach a length of 2 to 2.5 m (6.6-8 ft) and a 70 kg weight, the males a length of 3 m (10 ft) and up to 136 kg (300 lb) weight, [21] [22] but the average is respectively of 68 to 73 kg (150 to 161 lb) weight for a 2.29 m (7.5 ft) length and 79 to 91 ...
The National Park Administration is the nature conservation authority for the Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea National Park functioning as a higher and lower conservation authority. The administration office is located in Tönning. According to the second national park law [36] Article 7 the National Park Administration is responsible for (1 ...