Pshav-Khevsureti National Park (Georgian: ფშავ-ხევსურეთის ეროვნული პარკი) is in Dusheti Municipality, Mtskheta-Mtianeti region of Georgia.[1] Park has been established by direct involvement of World Wide Fund for Nature.[2][3]
| Pshav-Khevsureti National Park | |
|---|---|
 Khevsureti, village Shatili | |
   | |
| Location |  Georgia |
| Coordinates | 42°40′N 45°10′E / 42.66°N 45.16°E |
| Area | 1,400.44 km2 (540.71 sq mi)[1] |
| Established | 2014 |
| Governing body | Agency of Protected Areas |
| Website | National Park Info |
Fauna
editPshav-Khevsureti National Park will help conservation of the leopard (Panthera pardus) in the Caucasus,[4] as well as the Bezoar goat (Capra aegagrus aegagrus), endemic East Caucasian tur (Capra caucasica cylindricornis), brown bear, European lynx, Caucasian red deer, chamois.
Tourist infrastructure
editPshav-Khevsureti National Park can be reached using Tbilisi-Zhinvali-Barisakho-Shatili route.[5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Pshav-Khevsureti in Georgia Protected Planet
- ^ Pshav-Khevsureti Protected Areas established in Georgia
- ^ Pshav-Khevsureti Support Programme for Protected Areas in the Caucasus - Georgia (SPPA-Georgia).
- ^ Y.Yarovenko, N.Zazanashvili Recent hard evidence for the occurrence of the Leopard, Panthera pardus (Mammalia: Felidae), in the Eastern Greater Caucasus Zoology in the Middle East Volume 62, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 88-90 https://doi.org/10.1080/09397140.2016.1144303
- ^ Pshav-Khevsureti National Park National Parks of Georgia
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