Bas-Casamance , a national park located near Ussuye in Ziguinchor, is one of six national parks in Senegal . Currently closed.
| Bass casamance | |
|---|---|
| English Basse Casamance | |
| IUCN Category II ( National Park ) | |
| basic information | |
| Square | 50 km² |
| Founding date | 1970 year |
| Location | |
| A country |
|
| Region | Ziguinchor |
| Area | Ussuye |
Content
History
The park was created in 1970.
Feature
It covers an area of 5,000 hectares.
The main biotopes are Guinean forests and Savanna forests.
Fauna
There are 200 species of birds and 50 species of mammals , including African forest buffaloes, African leopards , Monkey Mona Campbell, Galago Demidova and red colobus .
Tourism
The park is located 20 kilometers from Cape Skyring Airport.
During the Kazaman conflict , the park may have been mined, as a result of which it was closed indefinitely.
Links
- André-Roger Dupuy. Le Parc national de Basse-Casamance au Sénégal (fr.) // Bulletin du Poste scientifique hors-Siège de l'UNESCO pour l'Afrique: magazine. - Nairobi. - Vol. VI , n o 1 . - P. 23-27 .
- André-Roger Dupuy. Le Parc national de Basse-Casamance, nouveau sanctuaire naturel de la République du Sénégal (fr.) // Science et Nature: magazine. - N o 105 . P. 16-21 .
- André-Roger Dupuy. Le Parc national de Basse-Casamance (Fr.) // Bulletin de l'Institut fondamental d'Afrique noire: magazine. - Sénégal, 1971. - Octobre ( vol. XXXIII , n o 4 ). - P. 1029-1036 . - ISSN 0018-9634 .
- André-Roger Dupuy. Premier inventaire des mammifères du Parc national de Basse Casamance (fr.) // Bulletin de l'Institut fondamental d'Afrique noire: magazine. - Sénégal, 1973. - Janvier ( vol. A , n o 1 ). - P. 186-197 . - ISSN 0018-9634 .
- Jean Larivière. Sénégal: Ses parcs, ses animaux: [ fr. ] . - Paris: Fernand Nathan, 1978. - P. 144.
- Jacques Verschuren. Les Parcs Nationaux, joyaux du Sénégal (fr.) // Zoo: magazine. - Vol. 41 , n o 4 . - P. 150-157 . - ISSN 0044-5029 .