The Central Water Catchment, also known as the Central Catchment Area, is a designated
planning area
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and one of the two main water catchments of Singapore. The country's main reservoirs –
MacRitchie,
Upper Seletar,
Upper Peirce and
Lower Peirce
Lower may refer to:
*Lower (surname)
*Lower Township, New Jersey
*Lower Receiver (firearms)
*Lower Wick Gloucestershire, England
See also
*Nizhny
Nizhny (russian: Ни́жний; masculine), Nizhnyaya (; feminine), or Nizhneye (russian: Ни́ ...
– are in the central catchment area.
The Central Water Catchment lies in the geographical centre of the city, and is largely home to the
Central Catchment Nature Reserve
The Central Catchment Nature Reserve (; ms, Hutan Simpanan Kawasan Tadahan Air Tengah; ta, மத்திய நீர்ப்பிடிப்பு இயற்கை ரிசர்வ்) is the largest nature reserve in Singapore, oc ...
which houses several other recreational sites, including the
Singapore Zoo
The Singapore Zoo, formerly known as the Singapore Zoological Gardens or Mandai Zoo, is a zoo located on the margins of Upper Seletar Reservoir within Singapore's heavily forested central catchment area. Opened in 1973, the zoo was built at ...
, the
Night Safari and the
River Safari.
Wildlife
MacRitchie Reservoir has resident animals such as
birds
Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweig ...
, monkeys and monitor lizards. The
HSBC Treetop Walk, a one-way suspension bridge, is a common place for birdwatchers and tourists to go.
The monkeys at MacRitchie Reservoir are infamous for attacking people as they are aggressive creatures and will take any opportunity to attack people for food, self-defence or i
agitation triggered by intimidation One woman needed to get thirteen stitches on her finger as a result of the attack.
The National Parks Board has put up signs all over MacRitchie Reservoir teaching people on what to do when they encounter monkeys.
Birds such as the
white-bellied eagle can b
foundin the Upper Seletar Reservoir.
References
North Region, Singapore
Important Bird Areas of Singapore
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