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The fauna of Los Haitises is of great variety, and due to the park's diversity of physical geographic zones, it has the greatest diversity of fauna among the protected natural areas in the country. Two endemic mammal species, the Hispaniolan hutia ( Plagiodontia aedium ) and the Hispaniolan solenodon ( Solenodon paradoxus ), are threatened with ...
Los Haitises, one of the largest National Parks in the Dominican Republic (with a total area of almost 1,200 square kilometers), is located in the Northeast region of the country, specifically in Sabana de la Mar. Haitises comes from the indigenous word "Jaitises", which means "High Land" or "Land of Mountains", in the aboriginal language.
nature reserves — protecting the country's natural habitats, flora, and fauna. zoological & botanical gardens — protecting the country's flora and fauna. The Ministry of the Environment is the institution in charge of the development, administration, organization, and maintenance of all the country's natural and recreational areas.
There are three main sites in the Dominican Republic where amber is found: La Cordillera Septentrional, in the north, and Bayaguana and Sabana de la Mar, in the east.In the northern area, the amber-bearing unit is formed of clastic rocks, washed down with sandstone fragments and other sediments that accumulated in a deltaic environment, even in water of some depth.
Sabana Iglesia is a town and municipality in the Santiago province of the Dominican Republic. Santiago is part of the northern valley of the country, otherwise known as the Cibao . Sabana Iglesia is located south of Santiago de los Caballeros , the second-largest city in the Dominican Republic , and sits just north of the country's second ...
Sabana Grande de Palenque is a municipality of the San Cristóbal province in the Dominican Republic. [3] History. It was elevated to the category of municipal ...
When it was created it covered both sides of the Samaná Bay, but then in 1938 Sabana de la Mar became part of the El Seibo province. When the Julia Molina province (currently María Trinidad Sánchez ) was created in 1958, most of its territory was taken from Samaná.
[10] [11] The depth of the shallowest lagoon, Lago de las Damas, has a depth of 8 feet, while the deepest, Los Zaramagullones, reaches 25 feet. [12] The fauna is also very varied and includes fish, bats and turtles, while the surrounding vegetation is lush and abundant. To visit all four lagoons, one needs to be able to climb stairs.