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Niokolo-Koba National Park
| Site number: | 153 |
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| Type of site: | Natural Heritage in danger | |
| Date: | - | |
| Date of Inscription: | 1981 | |
| Location: | Africa, Senegal, Eastern Senegal and Upper Casamance regions | |
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| Description: | The Niokolo-Koba National Park’s gallery forests and savannahs, situated in a well-watered vicinity of the Gambia river banks, are rich in fauna, displaying Derby elands (largest antelope), chimpanzees, lions, leopards and a great elephant population, as well as various birds, reptiles and amphibians. --WHMNet paraphrase from the description at WHC Site, where additional information is available. | |
| The Niokolo-Koba National Park lies in south eastern Senegal against the Guinean border. It was inscribed as a World Heritage Site in 1981. The Gambia River flows through the national park, which is known for its wildlife, including elephants, lions, leopards, chimpanzees, baboons, hippopotamuses and the Western giant eland. --Wikipedia. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. | ||
| Source: | http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/153 | |
| Reference: | 1. UNESCO World Heritage Center, Site Page. | |