mandag 9. mars 2009

Kruger National Park


Kruger National Park is the largest animal reserve in South Africa. It covers almost 19 000 square km. And extends 360 km into the north and 60 km to the east. In the west and south of Kruger National Park there are two South African provinces of Limpopo and Mpumalanga. The park has 8 main gates that allow entrance to the different camps. The names of these gates are Paul Kruger, Numbi, Malelane, Crocodile Bridge, Punda Maria, Orpen, Phabeni, Phalaborwa and Pafuri. In 1903 Paul Kruger made this park to control hunting and to keep many diffrent spicies from being extinct.

The park has:
517 spices of birds
1982 diffrent plants
31,000 African Buffalo
350 African Hunting Dogs
440 Black Rhinoceros
7,000 White Rhinoceros
25,000 Burchell's Zebras
500 Bushbucks
200 Cheetahs
300 Common Eland
6,600 Giraffes
9,000 Greater Kudus
3,000 Hippopotamus
1,500 Lions
1,000 Leopards
2,000 Spotted Hyenas
13,100 Elephants
3,000 Waterbuck
10,000 Blue Wildebeest
90,000 Impalas

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildlife_of_South_Africa

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