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Ruaha National Park
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| Six hundred kilometers to the west of the Tanzanian coast lies the beautiful Ruaha National Park. The second largest national park in the country, covering an area of 10,300 sq. km. The park is surrounded by vast areas of virtually untouched wilderness in the form of game reserves, the total area coming to 45,000 sq. km. As with the other twelve national parks in Tanzania, it is home to an abundance of wildlife and boasts stunning scenery. But not only this - Ruaha National Park is also very special because it has a wide range of vegetation and climatic types, from the dry hot rift valley zones to riverine forests next to the Great Ruaha river, from sweeping savannah scenery dotted with acacia trees to cold montane forest. Thus, the park is an extremely important ecological area since it lies in the convergence one of northern and southern species-as an example, while Ruaha has over 1400 plant species, Serengeti National Park and Selous Game reserve have a mere 600. | |||
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