Bale Mountains National Park

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World Heritage Site candidate national park protected area

Bale Mountains National Park is a high-altitude protected area in southeastern Ethiopia renowned for its Afro-alpine landscapes, rich biodiversity, and numerous endemic species such as the Ethiopian wolf.

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Label	Occurrences
Bale Mountains National Park canonical	10

Statements (82)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World Heritage Site candidate ⓘ national park ⓘ protected area ⓘ
area	about 2,150 square kilometres ⓘ over 2,000 square kilometres ⓘ
birdLifeStatus	Important Bird Area ⓘ
birdSpeciesCount	over 280 ⓘ
climate	cool highland climate ⓘ dry season from about November to March ⓘ wet season from about June to September ⓘ
contains	Gaysay Grasslands ⓘ Harenna Forest ⓘ Sanetti Plateau ⓘ Web Valley ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
country	Ethiopia ⓘ
ecosystemType	Afro-alpine moorland ⓘ Afromontane cloud forest ⓘ Afromontane forests ⓘ surface form: Hagenia–Juniperus forest bamboo forest patches ⓘ ericaceous heath ⓘ montane grassland ⓘ wetlands ⓘ
endemicSpecies	Bale monkey ⓘ Ethiopian wolf ⓘ giant mole-rat ⓘ various Ethiopian endemic birds ⓘ
established	1970s ⓘ 1971 ⓘ
fauna	African golden wolf ⓘ Bale monkey ⓘ Ethiopian wolf ⓘ Tragelaphus ⓘ surface form: Menelik's bushbuck Serval ⓘ bohor reedbuck ⓘ giant mole-rat ⓘ grey duiker ⓘ leopard ⓘ mountain nyala ⓘ spotted hyena ⓘ warthog ⓘ
flora	Erica shrublands ⓘ Hagenia abyssinica ⓘ Juniperus procera ⓘ bamboo ⓘ giant lobelia ⓘ
governingBody	Ethiopian Wildlife Conservation Authority ⓘ
highestPoint	Tullu Dimtu ⓘ
highestPointElevation	about 4,377 metres ⓘ
hydrology	headwaters for rivers in southeastern Ethiopia ⓘ
importance	major water tower for lowland communities ⓘ
IUCNCategory	II ⓘ
knownFor	Afro-alpine landscapes ⓘ Ethiopian wolf population ⓘ Harenna Forest ⓘ birdwatching ⓘ cloud forest ⓘ endemic plants ⓘ giant mole-rat population ⓘ high level of endemism ⓘ high-altitude plateaus ⓘ horse trekking ⓘ mountain nyala population ⓘ rich biodiversity ⓘ trekking ⓘ
locatedIn	Oromia Region ⓘ southeastern Ethiopia ⓘ
locatedOn	Bale Mountains ⓘ
nearestCity	Robe ⓘ
nearestTown	Goba ⓘ
partOf	Eastern Afromontane biodiversity hotspot ⓘ Ethiopian Highlands ⓘ
threat	agricultural expansion ⓘ habitat loss ⓘ human–wildlife conflict ⓘ overgrazing ⓘ
tourismActivity	birdwatching ⓘ camping ⓘ horseback riding ⓘ trekking ⓘ wildlife viewing ⓘ
UNESCOStatus	on UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bale Mountains → contains → Bale Mountains National Park ⓘ

Bale Mountains → protectedBy → Bale Mountains National Park ⓘ

Sanetti Plateau → locatedInProtectedArea → Bale Mountains National Park ⓘ

Bale monkey → foundInProtectedArea → Bale Mountains National Park ⓘ

Bale Zone → contains → Bale Mountains National Park ⓘ

Bale Zone → knownFor → Bale Mountains National Park ⓘ

Bale Zone → hasProtectedArea → Bale Mountains National Park ⓘ

Tullu Dimtu → locatedIn → Bale Mountains National Park ⓘ

Oromia Region → hasProtectedArea → Bale Mountains National Park ⓘ

Harenna Forest → partOf → Bale Mountains National Park ⓘ