Ivindo National Park

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Ivindo National Park is a vast rainforest reserve in northeastern Gabon renowned for its dramatic waterfalls, rich biodiversity, and populations of forest elephants and great apes.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf national park
protected area
area approximately 1200 square miles
approximately 3000 square kilometers
climate equatorial
country Gabon
designatedAs IUCN Category II national park
establishedBy Government of Gabon
establishedInYear 2002
governedBy National Agency for National Parks of Gabon
habitatOf African forest elephant
central chimpanzee
endemic plant species
leopard
mandrill
numerous primate species
western lowland gorilla
hasConservationValue high biodiversity value
important refuge for forest elephants
important refuge for great apes
hasEcosystemType lowland rainforest
riverine forest
tropical rainforest
hasNotableFeature Kongou Falls
Langoué Baï
Mingouli Falls
hasVegetationType dense evergreen forest
natural forest clearings (baïs)
swamp forest
inscribedOnUNESCOWorldHeritageListInYear 2021
IUCNCategory II
knownFor bird diversity
dramatic waterfalls
forest elephants
great apes
rich biodiversity
locatedIn Ogooué-Ivindo Province
northeastern Gabon
locatedOnContinent Africa
nearestCity Makokou
partOf Gabonese national parks network
supportsActivity ecotourism
scientific research
threatenedBy illegal logging
mining interests
poaching
traversedByRiver Ivindo River
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria natural
UNESCOWorldHeritageStatus World Heritage Site

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Gabon
hasNationalPark

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