The Bale Mountains are a range of mountains in the Oromia Region of southeast Ethiopia, south of the Awash River. They include Tullu Demtu, the second-highest mountain in Ethiopia (4377 meters), and Mount Batu (4307 meters). The Web River, whose waters eventually reach the Jubba River, rises in these mountains east of Goba. The Bale National Park covers 2,200 square kilometers of these mountains. The mountains are home to many of Ethiopia's endemic animals, notably the Simien Fox (or Abyssinian Wolf, found on the Senatti Plateau. The park also contains the Herena Rainforest, situted to the south of the mountains which is a largely unexplored area thought to contain many undiscovered sepcies of reptile as well as Lion, Leopard and various types of Antelope. As well as wildlife the National Park offers exceptional trekking opportunities from the park headquarters at Dinsho. (Trekking in the region is also available from Dodolla.) Mount McKinley in Alaska has one of the largest visible base-to-summit elevation differences anywhere For other uses of this term, see Mountain (disambiguation). ... The Awash (sometimes spelled Hawash) is a major river of Ethiopia. ... The Jubba River is a river in Somalia. ... Goba is a town in the Somali Region of Ethiopia, located in the south-central part of that country. ... The Bale Mountains National Park is a national park in the Somali Region of southeast Ethiopia. ... Endemic, in a broad sense, can mean belonging or native to, characteristic of, or prevalent in a particular geography, race, field, area, or environment; Native to an area or scope. ... Binomial name Canis simensis Ruppell, 1840 The Ethiopian Wolf (Canis simensis), also known as the Abyssinian Wolf, Simien Jackal or Simien Fox, is one of the rarest and most endangered of all canids, and is found in the Afro-alpine regions of Ethiopia, about 10,000 feet (3,000 meters... Binomial name Panthera leo (Linnaeus, 1758) The Lion (Panthera leo) is a mammal of the family Felidae. ... Binomial name Panthera pardus (Linnaeus, 1758) Leopards (Panthera pardus) are one of the four big cats of the genus Panthera. ... Genera Aepyceros Alcelaphus Antidorcas Antilope Cephalophus Connochaetes Damaliscus Gazella Hippotragus Kobus Madoqua Neotragus Oreotragus Oryx Ourebia Pantholops Procapra Sylvicapra Taurotragus Tragelaphus and others The antelope are a group of herbivorous African animals of the family Bovidae, distinguished by a pair of hollow horns on their heads. ... Dinsho is a village in Central Ethiopia, located in the heart of the Bale Mountains. ...