Gunung Leuser National Park

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national park protected area tropical rainforest

Gunung Leuser National Park is a vast protected rainforest in northern Sumatra renowned for its rich biodiversity and as one of the last strongholds of critically endangered Sumatran orangutans.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Bukit Lawang 1
Leuser Ecosystem 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf national park ⓘ
protected area ⓘ
tropical rainforest ⓘ
area approximately 7,927 square kilometres ⓘ
approximately 792,700 hectares ⓘ
biome tropical moist broadleaf forest ⓘ
climate tropical rainforest climate ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Indonesia ⓘ
designation Biosphere Reserve buffer zone component ⓘ
ecosystemType alpine ecosystem ⓘ
lowland rainforest ⓘ
montane rainforest ⓘ
peat swamp forest ⓘ
established 1980 ⓘ
fauna Malayan sun bear ⓘ
Sumatran elephant ⓘ
Sumatran orangutan ⓘ
Sumatran rhinoceros ⓘ
Sumatran tiger ⓘ
Thomas’s leaf monkey ⓘ
clouded leopard ⓘ
siamang gibbon ⓘ
flora Amorphophallus titanum ⓘ
Rafflesia arnoldii ⓘ
dipterocarp trees ⓘ
governingBody Ministry of Environment and Forestry of Indonesia ⓘ
surface form: Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry
highestPoint Mount Leuser ⓘ
IUCNCategory II ⓘ
knownFor Sumatran orangutan habitat ⓘ
high biodiversity ⓘ
tiger, rhino, elephant and orangutan co-occurrence ⓘ
locatedIn Aceh ⓘ
surface form: Aceh Province

North Sumatra ⓘ
surface form: North Sumatra Province

Sumatra ⓘ
namedAfter Mount Leuser ⓘ
nearestCity Medan ⓘ
partOf Gunung Leuser National Park self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Leuser Ecosystem

Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra ⓘ
threat agricultural encroachment ⓘ
illegal logging ⓘ
palm oil plantation expansion ⓘ
poaching ⓘ
tourismActivity jungle trekking ⓘ
wildlife watching ⓘ
tourismGateway Gunung Leuser National Park self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Bukit Lawang

Ketambe ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear 2004 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageStatus World Heritage Site component ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Barisan Mountains → contains → Gunung Leuser National Park ⓘ
North Sumatra → contains → Gunung Leuser National Park ⓘ
North Sumatra → hasAttraction → Gunung Leuser National Park ⓘ
Indonesia → hasNationalPark → Gunung Leuser National Park ⓘ
Gunung Leuser National Park → partOf → Gunung Leuser National Park self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leuser Ecosystem
Gunung Leuser National Park → tourismGateway → Gunung Leuser National Park self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bukit Lawang