Kavir National Park

Reputed as “Little Africa”, the wonderful National Kavir Park is a protected ecological zone perched on the western wing of Dasht-e Kavir. It stretches from the eastern edge of Qom Salt Lake, to the boundaries of three provinces of Isfahan, Semnan, and Tehran. The largest part of this park is located in Semnan province, spreading over an area of 440,000 hectares.

Being among the nine biosphere reserves of Iran, featuring an unmatched variation of flora species, especially those adapted to dry and salty areas (xerophytes and halophytes), such as: Salt cedars, Zygophyllum, Artemisia Siberia, lyceum ruthenicum, and Alhagi persarum.

Also, being the habitat of many rare fauna, National Kavir Park is one of the most amazing sites for watching wildlife in Iran. The northern mountainous areas of the park are home to ewes, rams, and goats. Furthermore, Hyenas, caracal, wolves, gazelles, leopards, the rare Persian onager, Asiatic cheetah, and the Persian panther are the other habitats of the park. Various native birds like see-see partridges, and migratory birds such as flamingoes, ruddy shelducks, mallards, and Eurasian teals make this park a pleasant bird-watching spot. However, apart from this richness of flora and fauna species, the park holds no residential areas, no mines, and no pasturing license.

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