Bale Mountains
National Park
Horn of Africa (Ethiopia)Designated in 19702,150 km²
The largest Afroalpine moorland on the African continent, with the world's greatest concentration of Ethiopian wolf, the most threatened canid on the planet
Area
2,150 km²
Protection category
IUCN II
Parque nacional —
Designated in
1970
Declared in 1970, Bale protects the largest Afroalpine moorland on the whole African continent, a unique tropical high-mountain ecosystem that supports the world's greatest concentration of Ethiopian wolf, the most threatened wild canid on the planet, confined entirely to a handful of isolated plateaux in the Ethiopian highlands. The park also holds the mountain nyala, an antelope endemic to Ethiopia and only described scientifically in 1908.
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Bale Mountains: 16 documented species
Mammals10Birds4Reptiles2
Threatened:
Flora and ecosystems
Ecosystems found in Ethiopia, where Bale Mountains lies.
Savannah
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Birdwatching
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