The country of
Burundi
Burundi (, ), officially the Republic of Burundi ( rn, Repuburika y’Uburundi ; Swahili language, Swahili: ''Jamuhuri ya Burundi''; French language, French: ''République du Burundi'' ), is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley at the ...
in Africa has the following
national parks
A national park is a natural park in use for conservation purposes, created and protected by national governments. Often it is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or owns. Although individual ...
and other protected areas.
National parks
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Kibira National Park
The Kibira National Park (french: Parc national de Kibira) is a national park in northwestern Burundi. Overlapping four provinces and covering , Kibira National Park lies atop the mountains of the Congo-Nile Divide. It extends north from the provi ...
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Ruvubu National Park
Ruvubu National Park is a national park in Burundi covering that was established in 1980. Its borders fall within the provinces of Karuzi, Muyinga, Cankuzo and Ruyigi. The park touches neighboring Tanzania to the south, the valley of the Ruvubu ...
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Rusizi National Park
Rusizi National Park is a national park in Burundi, next to the Rusizi River.
It is 15 km north of the city of Bujumbura and home to hippopotamuses and sitatungas. Gustave, a Nile crocodile
The Nile crocodile (''Crocodylus niloticus ...
Nature reserves
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Bururi Forest Nature Reserve
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Kigwena Natural Reserve
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Lake Rwihinda Natural Reserve (Lac aux Oiseaux)
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Rumonge Nature Reserve
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Rusizi Nature Reserve
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Vyanda Forest Nature Reserve
Natural monuments
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Chutes de la Karera (Karera Waterfalls Natural Monument)
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German Gorge - Faille des Allemands
See also
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Tourism in Burundi
External links
World Institute for Nature and Environment
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Protected
Protection is any measure taken to guard a thing against damage caused by outside forces. Protection can be provided to physical objects, including organisms, to systems, and to intangible things like civil and political rights. Although th ...
Burundi
Burundi (, ), officially the Republic of Burundi ( rn, Repuburika y’Uburundi ; Swahili language, Swahili: ''Jamuhuri ya Burundi''; French language, French: ''République du Burundi'' ), is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley at the ...
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Protected areas