Badiar National Park

Coordinates: 12°35′49″N 13°20′48″W / 12.5969944°N 13.346622°W / 12.5969944; -13.346622
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Badiar National Park
Map showing the location of Badiar National Park
Map showing the location of Badiar National Park
LocationGuinea
Coordinates12°35′49″N 13°20′48″W / 12.5969944°N 13.346622°W / 12.5969944; -13.346622
Area1,228 km2 (474 sq mi)
Established1985

Badiar National Park (French: Parc National du Badiar) is a national park in Guinea, on the border with Senegal and contiguous with Senegal's much larger Niokolo-Koba National Park.[1] It was established on 30 May 1985 (by ordonnance N°124/PRG/85), partly in response to Senegal's concern about poaching in Niokolo-Koba National Park.[1] Badiar is an International Union for Conservation of Nature Category II park.[2]

The park consists of two separate areas: the Mafou sector of 554.0 square kilometres (213.9 sq mi) and the Kouya sector of 674.0 square kilometres (260.2 sq mi).[1] There is also a buffer sector of 5,916 square kilometres (2,284 sq mi) around the Mafou sector.[1] The principal rivers are the Koulountou (one of the two main tributaries of the Gambia River[3]) and the Mitji.[4] The annual rainfall averages 1,000 to 1,500 millimetres (39 to 59 in),[4] mostly during the rainy season of June–October.

The park is an important ecosystem, with a large variety of vertebrate species and vascular plants.[

African rock python and the ball python.[citation needed] Other resident species include the African elephant, the roan antelope, the kob, the leopard, the spotted hyena and the baboon.[5]

References

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  3. ISBN 9789231042270
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  4. ^ a b c "Badiar". BirdLife International.
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