Karoo National Park lies near the town of Beaufort West in South Africa's Western Cape and was established in 1979, covering about 768 square kilometers of the Great Karoo semi-desert. Divided by the Nuweveld portion of the Great Escarpment into the Lower Karoo plains and the Upper Karoo plateau, the park's dwarf shrubland vegetation supports springbok, gemsbok, black wildebeest, and Cape mountain zebra. It holds the greatest number of tortoise species of any park in the world, five in total, along with significant geological formations and numerous bird species.
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Designation Category Established Year Area (sq km) Governing BodySouth African National Parks 1 Classification
Governance TypeGovernance by Government 1 Governing Body
Governing Body (category)South African National Parks 1 Sources
1. Karoo National Park (Wikipedia)
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The Karoo National Park is a wildlife reserve in the Great Karoo area of the Western Cape, South Africa near Beaufort West.
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South African National Parks
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South African National Parks
View the Source 2. Wikidata: Karoo National Park
- Wikidata Q1734287, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
- Wikidata P2046 (area), preferred/latest rank
- Wikidata Q1734287 P31 instance-of
- Wikidata Q1734287 P571 inception
- Part Of: South Africa, Wikidata item, property P17 (country)
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