Other Protected Areas
| Name | Habitat | Flora/Fauna | Comments | Picture |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mafia Island Marine Park established: 1 July 1995 area: 882 km² |
coral reefs, sea grass beds, mangroves, inter-tidal flats, coastal forest | dugong, gold-striped fusilier, cigar wrasse, queen coris, goldbar wrasse, grouper, barracuda, rainbow runner, black-spotted ribbontail ray, blue-spotted ribbontail ray, eagle ray, manta ray, yellowfin tuna, giant trevally, mackerel, bonito, cobia, reef shark, green turtle, hawksbill turtle, comores lesser flying fox, duiker, Bush Pig, mongoose, elephant shrew | ||
| Mnazi Bay-Ruvumba Estuary Marine Park established: 1 July 2000 area: 650 km² |
mangroves, sand dunes, sea, coastal forest, river | coral, whale, dolphin, crocodile, hippopotamus, terrapin | more than 400 fish species | |
| Ngorongoro Conservation Area established: 1959 world heritage: 1979 area: 8,288 km² |
grassland, lakes, swamp, woodland, heath, dense mountain forest 1,500 - 3,648 m |
wildebeest, zebra, gazelle, black rhinoceros, lion, hartebeest, spotted hyena, hippopotamus, buffalo, elephant, Mountain Reedbuck, leopard, serval, ostrich, kori bustard, papilio sjoestedti | many archeological and paleontological sites: Olduvai Gorge, Laetoli, Lake Ndutu | |
| Selous Game Reserve established: 1922 world heritage: 1982 area: 44,800 km² |
miombo woodland, open wooded grassland, riverine swamps 80 - 1,300 m |
African wild dog, elephant, cheetah, giraffe, hippopotamus, Buffalo, crocodile, white rhinoceros, | largest game reserve in Africa; 350 bird species | |
| Uwanda Game Reserve established: 1971 area: 5,000 km² |
floodplain, grassland, woodland 1,200 m |
puku, zebra, topi, buffalo, elephant |
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