Tankwa Karoo National Park

Coordinates: 32°15′S 19°45′E / 32.250°S 19.750°E / -32.250; 19.750
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Not to be confused with Karoo National Park.
"Tankwa Karoo" redirects here. For the papyrus boat used on Lake Tana in Ethiopia, see Tankwa. For the river in Ethiopia, see Tanqwa.

Tankwa Karoo National Park
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Coordinates32°15′S 19°45′E / 32.250°S 19.750°E / -32.250; 19.750
Area1,436 km2 (554 sq mi)[1]
Established1986
Governing bodySouth African National Parks
www.sanparks.org/parks/tankwa/

Tankwa Karoo National Park is a national park in South Africa. The park lies about 70 km due west of

Biodiversity Hotspot by Conservation International
.

Tankwa's area has been increased from an initial 260 to 1436 km2.[1] It is bounded on the east by the Roggeveld Mountains, on the west by the Cederberg, to the north by the Kouebokkeveld Mountains and on the south by the scattered foothills of the Koedoesberge and Klein Roggeveld Mountains, and the Tankwa River.[5] The park's headquarters are located at Roodewerf (GPS co-ordinates: S 32° 14’ 27.9” E 20° 5’ 44.5”). Distances from the nearest towns to the park's headquarters are: Ceres (180 km), Sutherland (120 km), Calvinia (110 km) and Middelpos (52 km).[6]

In 1998 Conrad Strauss sold 280 km2 of sheep farm to the South African National Parks. The park has started the reintroduction of game that used to be found naturally in the area. Research was done beforehand to ensure that introduced animals would survive on the overgrazed veld. The vegetation in the park falls within the Succulent Karoo biome and has been described as very sparse shrubland and dwarf shrubland. Several unique succulent genera occur here, such as Tanquana, Braunsia and Didymaotus. The park is home to a large variety of birds (188 species – 2015 figure),[7] such as the black-headed canary, Ludwig's bustard, and the black-eared sparrow-lark. Peak birding season is August to October.[8]

List of mammals

List of birds

The Park's bird list currently includes 187 bird species.[8] Birds found in the park include:[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Tankwa Karoo National Park – Introduction". South African National Parks. Archived from the original on 23 January 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
  2. ^ "Tankwa Karoo National Park". southafrica.net. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  3. ^ "South African National Parks - SANParks - Official Website - Accommodation, Activities, Prices, Reservations".
  4. ^ "SANParks Mobile". Archived from the original on 3 July 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
  5. ^ "Tanlwa Karoo National Park Space and tranquillity in abundance". capetownmagazine.com/. 2017.
  6. ^ "South African National Parks - SANParks - Official Website - Accommodation, Activities, Prices, Reservations".
  7. ^ a b http://sanparks.org.za/assets/docs/groups_birders/tankwa-birding-bonanza-bird-list-2015.pdf [dead link]
  8. ^ a b "South African National Parks - SANParks - Official Website - Accommodation, Activities, Prices, Reservations". www.sanparks.org. Retrieved 23 March 2021.

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