Serengeti National Park1
UNESCO World Heritage Site | | State Party |
 United Republic of Tanzania | | Type | Natural | | Criteria | vii, x | | Identification | #156 | | Region2 | Africa | | Inscription History | | Formal Inscription: | 1981
5th WH Committee Session | | WH link: | http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/156 | | 1 Name as officially inscribed on the WH List
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| The Serengeti National Park (1°14′60″S, 34°00′00″E) is a large national park in Serengeti area, Tanzania, Africa. It is most famous for its annual migration of over one million white bearded (or brindled) wildebeest and 200,000 zebra. Brecon Beacons National Park, Wales, UK A national park is a reserve of land, usually declared and owned by a national government, protected from most human development and pollution. ...
The Serengeti is a region of grasslands and woodlands in Mara Region in Tanzania. ...
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mtDNA-based chart of large human migrations. ...
Species Connochaetes gnou Connochaetes taurinus The wildebeest (plural, wildebeest or wildebeests), also called the gnu (pronounced or ), is an antelope of the genus Connochaetes. ...
Species Equus zebra Equus hartmannae Equus quagga Equus grevyi The Zebra is a part of the horse family, Equidae, native to central and southern Africa. ...
History The Maasai people had been grazing their livestock in the open plains which they knew as “endless plain” for over 200 years when the first white man, Stewart Edward White recorded coming across it in 1913. The name Serengeti is an approximation of the word used by the Maasai to describe the area. Languages Maa (É”l Maa) Religions monotheist A Maasai tribesman. ...
Languages Maa (ɔl Maa) Religions monotheist A Maasai tribesman. ...
The area was declared as a ‘protected area’ in 1921 by the then German colonial administration. The national park was gazetted in 1951 by the English administration and it then became famous after the initial work of Bernhard Grzimek and his son Michael in the 1950’s. Together they produced the book and film Serengeti Shall Not Die, widely recognized as one of the most important early pieces of nature conservation documentary. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...
Serengeti Shall Not Die (in German Serengeti darf nicht sterben) is a German nature documentary made in 1959, written and directed by Bernhard Grzimek. ...
As part of the gazetting of the park and in order to preserve wildlife from human interruption the area’s residents were moved to the Ngorongoro highlands. There is still considerable controversy surrounding this move, with claims made of coercion and deceit on the part of the colonial authorities.
The Serengeti is Tanzania's first national park and remains the flagship of the country’s tourism industry, providing a major draw to the “Northern Safari Circuit”, encompassing Lake Manyara, Tarangire and Arusha national parks, as well as Ngorongoro Conservation Area Lake Manyara National Park is a national park in Arusha Region, Tanzania. ...
Tarangire National Park is a national park in Tanzania. ...
Arusha National Park is a national park in Arusha Region, Tanzania. ...
View of the Ngorongoro Crater The Ngorongoro Conservation Area or NCA is a conservation area situated 180 km west of Arusha in the Crater Highlands area of Tanzania. ...
Geography and Wildlife The park covers 14,763km² of grassland plains and savanna as well as riverine forest and woodlands. The park lies in the north of the country, bordered to the north by the national Tanzania and Kenyan border, where it is contiguous with the Masai Mara National Reserve. To the south-east of the park is Ngorongoro Conservation Area, to the south-west lies Maswa Game Reserve, and to the western borders are Ikorongo and Grumeti Game Reserves, finally to the north-east lies Loliondo Game Control Area. Savanna at Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania. ...
Wildebeest and zebra migration in Maasai Mara The Maasai Mara (also spelled Masai Mara) is a large park reserve in south-western Kenya, which is effectively the northern continuation of the Serengeti National Park game reserve in Tanzania. ...
View of the Ngorongoro Crater The Ngorongoro Conservation Area or NCA is a conservation area situated 180 km west of Arusha in the Crater Highlands area of Tanzania. ...
Human habitation is forbidden in the National Park with the exception of staff for TANAPA, researchers and staff of Frankfurt Zoological Society, and staff of the various lodges and hotels. The main settlement is Seronera which houses the majority of research staff and the park’s main headquarters, including it’s primary airstrip. Seronera is a small settlement in Serengeti National Park. ...
As well as the migration of ungulates, the park is well known for its healthy stock of other resident wildlife, particularly the "Big Five", named for the five most prized trophies taken by hunters, lion, leopard, elephant, rhinoceros and buffalo. These species remain the key attractions to tourists, but the park also supports many further species including cheetah, gazelle and giraffe as well as a large and varied bird population. Ungulates (meaning roughly hoofed or hoofed animal) make up several orders of mammals, of which six survive: Artiodactyla: even-toed ungulates, cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, antelope, and many others Cetacea: whales and dolphins (which evolved from hoofed land animals) Perissodactyla: odd-toed ungulates such as horses and rhinos Proboscidea: elephants...
Lion (Panthera leo) African elephant (Loxodonta africana) African or Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer) Leopard (Panthera pardus) Black Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) The phrase Big Five game was coined by big-game hunters and refers to the five large mammals that were sought in Africa. ...
Binomial name Panthera leo (Linnaeus, 1758) Distribution of Lions in Africa Synonyms Felis leo (Linnaeus, 1758) The lion (Panthera leo) is a mammal of the family Felidae and one of four big cats in the genus Panthera. ...
Binomial name Panthera pardus Linnaeus, 1758 Synonyms Felis pardus Linnaeus, 1758 The Leopard (Panthera pardus) is one of the four big cats of the genus Panthera. ...
Genera and Species Loxodonta Loxodonta cyclotis Loxodonta africana Elephas Elephas maximus Elephas antiquus †Elephas beyeri †Elephas celebensis †Elephas cypriotes †Elephas ekorensis †Elephas falconeri †Elephas iolensis †Elephas planifrons †Elephas platycephalus †Elephas recki †Stegodon †Mammuthus †Elephantidae (the elephants) is a family of pachyderm, and the only remaining family in the order Proboscidea...
Black Rhino from Howletts Wild Animal Park For other uses, see Rhinoceros (disambiguation). ...
Binomial name Syncerus caffer (Sparrman, 1779) Subspecies The African Buffalo or Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer) is a bovid from the family of the Bovidae. ...
Binomial name Acinonyx jubatus (Schreber, 1775) Type species Acinonyx venator Brookes, 1828 (= Felis jubata, Schreber, 1775) by monotypy The range of the cheetah The cheetah (derived from Sanskrit word Chitraka meaning Speckled) (Acinonyx jubatus) is an atypical member of the cat family (Felidae), a poor climber that hunts by speed...
Species Several, see text A gazelle is an antelope of the genus Gazella. ...
Binomial name Giraffa camelopardalis Linnaeus, 1758 Range map The giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) is an African even-toed ungulate mammal, the tallest of all land-living animal species. ...
Administration and Protection As a result of the biodiversity and ecological significance of the area, the park has been listed by UNESCO as one of the World Heritage Sites The administrative body for all parks in Tanzania is Tanzania National Parks or TANAPA. UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) is a specialized agency of the United Nations established in 1945. ...
Elabana Falls is in Lamington National Park, part of the Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves World Heritage site in Queensland, Australia. ...
Myles Turner was one of the Park's first game wardens and is credited with establishing anti-poaching defenses. His autobiography, "My Serengeti Years," provides a detailed history of Serengeti National Park's early years
References - My Serengeti Years – Myles Turner
- Maasailand Ecology: Pastoralist Development and Wildlife Conservation in Ngorongoro, Tanzania - K.W. Homewood and W.A. Rodgers 24th October 1991, CUP
- National Geographic Magazine
External links Kilimanjaro · Kondoa Rock Art Sites · Ngorongoro Conservation Area · Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Mnara · Selous Game Reserve · Serengeti · Stone Town of Zanzibar Image File history File links Flag_of_Tanzania. ...
Elabana Falls is in Lamington National Park, part of the Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves World Heritage site in Queensland, Australia. ...
Kilimanjaro National Park is a national park, located near Moshi, Tanzania. ...
View of the Ngorongoro Crater The Ngorongoro Conservation Area or NCA is a conservation area situated 180 km west of Arusha in the Crater Highlands area of Tanzania. ...
Kilwa Kisiwani is an Islamic community on an island off the coast of East Africa, in present day Tanzania. ...
The Selous Game Reserve is one of the largest fauna reserves of the world, located in the south of Tanzania. ...
The Palace Museum in Stone Town Stone Town or Mji Mkongwe, in Swahili, is the old part of the capital of the island of Zanzibar, a part of Tanzania. ...
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