South Kerinci Seblat National Park

Indonesia / Jambi / Sungaipenuh /
 forest, threatened species habitat, nature conservation park / area, invisible, national park, wildlife protection/conservation
Kerinci Seblat National Park is the largest national park in Sumatra Indonesia. It has a total area of 13,791 km2, and spans four provinces: West Sumatra, Jambi, Bengkulu and South Sumatra.
It is located between 100°31'18"E - 102°44'01"E and 1°07'13"S - 3°26'14"S. Together with Bukit Barisan Selatan and Gunung Leuser national parks it forms a World Heritage Site, Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra.
The park area includes a large part of the Barisan mountain range, including the highest peak in Sumatra, Mount Kerinci (3,805 m). The park includes hot springs, rivers with rapids, caves, scenic waterfalls and the highest caldera lake in Southeast Asia - Lake Gunung Tujuh.
The park is home to diversity of flora and fauna. Over 4,000 plant species grow in the park area, including the world's largest flower, Rafflesia arnoldi [left-most photo], and the plant with the largest unbranched inflorescence, the titan arum [left center photo]. The fauna include Sumatran Tigers, Sumatran Rhinoceros, Sumatran elephants, Bornean Clouded Leopard [right center photo], Malayan Tapir, Malay Sun Bear [right most photo] and 370 bird species.


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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerinci_Seblat_National_Park
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Coordinates:   2°20'45"S   101°29'38"E

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  • this tag created in two part, to encompass the limitation for UL1 for creating tag with area more than 2000 km2
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