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Maasai Mara is one of the wildlife conservation and wilderness areas in Africa, with its populations of lions, leopards, cheetahs and African bush elephants. It also hosts the Great Migration , which secured it as one of the Seven Natural Wonders of Africa , and as one of the ten Wonders of the World .
The large rift lakes of Africa are the ancient home of great biodiversity, and 10% of the world's fish species live in this region. Countries in the area which are bounded by the lakes of the Great Lakes region include Burundi , the Democratic Republic of the Congo , Ethiopia , Kenya , Malawi , Mozambique , Rwanda , Zambia , Tanzania , and Uganda .
It is a critical habitat and refuge for more than 500 species of birds and fauna, some of the migratory waterbird species being significant regionally and globally. The lake also provides a habitat for seven fresh water fish species. One, Oreochromis niloticus baringoensis (a Nile tilapia subspecies), is endemic to the lake. Lake fishing is ...
Kruger National Park (Afrikaans: [ˈkry.(j)ər]) is a South African national park and one of the largest game reserves in Africa.It covers an area of 19,623 km 2 (7,576 sq mi) in the provinces of Limpopo and Mpumalanga in northeastern South Africa, and extends 360 km (220 mi) from north to south and 65 km (40 mi) from east to west.
The Okapi Wildlife Reserve (French: Réserve de faune à okapis) is a wildlife reserve in the Ituri Forest in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, near the borders with South Sudan and Uganda. [3] At approximately 14,000 km 2, it covers approximately one-fifth of the area of the forest.
Khar Turan National Park and Touran Wildlife Refuge are adjoining protected areas in Iran. They are situated in the Semnan province, southeast of Shahrud. With a size of 1,400,000 hectares (14,000 km 2), They form the second-largest reserve in Iran. Khar Turan National Park also called the little Africa in Iran, is registered as the second ...
Etosha National Park is a national park in northwestern Namibia and one of the largest national parks in Africa. [1] It was proclaimed a game reserve in March 1907 in Ordinance 88 by the Governor of German South West Africa, Friedrich von Lindequist.
Pages in category "Wildlife sanctuaries of Africa" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.