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- Rawa Aopa Watumohai National Park
Rawa
Aopa Watumohai National Park comprises an area of 105,000 ha
in South-East Sulawesi province. It was gazette in 1990, becoming
Sulawesi's fourth national park. The park is named after the
swampy area Aopa and the mountain Mount Watumohai.
Large parts of Rawa Aopa Watumohai National Park consist of savanna
with palm trees and Alang-Alang. The coast is relatively flat
and covered with mangrove swamp forest. Inland the terrain first
changes in savanna whereas more inland is hilly with tropical
rainforest. This area is dominated by several hills including
Mokaleleo Mountain, located in the north and Matoha upland plain
(270m) in the east. Mount Watumohai (550 m) and Mount Mendoke
(980 m), the highest points in the area, are located
in the south. The swampland Rawa Aopa forms an important habitat
for water birds. The birds can be watched from Harapan Island,
a small island with a hut for bird-watchers in the middle of the
swamp.
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