Thursday, August 26, 2010

Kerinci Seblat National Park


Kerinci Seblat National Park is the largest national park in Sumatra, Indonesia, which has an area of 13.750 km ² and extends to the four provinces of West Sumatra, Jambi, Bengkulu and South Sumatra. This national park is located at coordinates of 100 ° 31'18 "E - 102 ° 44'01" E and 1 ° 07'13 "S - 1 ° 26'14" S.
This national park consists of the Bukit Barisan Mountains which has the highest plateau region in Sumatra, Gunung Kerinci (3805 m). This national park also consists of springs, hot springs, rushing rivers homage, caves, waterfalls, waterfalls and the highest caldera lake in Southeast Asia, Mount Seven.
This national park also has various flora and fauna. Some 4,000 species of plants grow in the area of national parks including the world's largest flower Rafflesia arnoldi, and the world's tallest flower, the Titan Arum. Fauna in the national park area consists, among others, the Sumatran Tiger, Sumatran Rhinoceros, Sumatran Elephant, Tiger Dahan, Malays Tapir, Malayan Sun Bear and about 370 species of birds. sumber

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