Awash

National Park

Ethiopia · Horn of Africa (Ethiopia)

Horn of Africa (Ethiopia)Declared in 1966756 km²

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Ethiopia's oldest and most accessible national park, crossed by the Awash River and its spectacular falls

Area

756 km²

Protection category

UICN II

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Declared in

1966

Region

Horn of Africa (Ethiopia)

Climate

Tropical, Árido / desértico, Templado, Montañoso

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Area: 756 km²

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Ethiopia's oldest and most accessible national park, crossed by the Awash River and its spectacular falls

Declared in 1966, Awash is the oldest national park in Ethiopia and one of the easiest to reach from Addis Ababa. It is crossed by the Awash River, which within the park itself drops in a powerful waterfall surrounded by the volcanic landscapes of the Ethiopian Rift, cones and craters thrown up by the region's still-active tectonics.

Location

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35 species documented in Awash

16 Mammals8 Birds10 Reptiles1 Insecta

At conservation risk:Avestruz somalí,Leopardo,Gacela de Soemmerring,Buitre orejudo,Cebra de Grevy,Órix de Beisa (órix de África oriental)

Endemic to Ethiopia:Gelada

Cocodrilo del Nilo

Crocodylus niloticus

Avestruz somalí

Struthio molybdophanes

Colobo blanco y negro

Colobus guereza

Kudú mayor

Tragelaphus strepsiceros

Near Threatened

Kudú menor

Tragelaphus imberbis

Leopardo

Panthera pardus

Gacela de Soemmerring

Nanger soemmerringii

Agama de cabeza roja

Agama agama

Boa de arena de Kenia

Eryx colubrinus

Buitre orejudo

Torgos tracheliotos

Cebra de Grevy

Equus grevyi

Cigüeña blanca

Ciconia ciconia

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Flora and ecosystems

Ecosystems found in Ethiopia, where Awash lies.

Sabana

Experiences in this park

Observación de aves

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