Batang Gadis National Park

Indonesia / Sumatera Utara / Padang Sidempuan /
 park, nature conservation park / area, invisible, national park, wildlife protection/conservation
Batang Gadis is a national park covering 1,080 km² in the west of Sumatra island, Indonesia. Signs of the endangered Sumatran tiger [left photo] and the threatened Asiatic golden cat [center photo], Leopard cat [right photo] and Clouded leopard [right most photo] were seen in the park. The protection of Batang Gadis as a national park is part of a plan to create the Northern Sumatra biodiversity conservation corridor, which would be connected, via a series of protected areas and forests, to Gunung Leuser National Park in the north of the island.

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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batang_Gadis_National_Park
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Coordinates:   0°45'50"N   99°27'3"E
This article was last modified 6 years ago