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KAKADU NATIONAL PARK. By : Rubi Nasiri. Where is Kakadu Located??.
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KAKADU NATIONAL PARK By : Rubi Nasiri
Where is Kakadu Located?? Kakadu is located in the tropical north of Australia, 130 kilometers east of Darwin, and covers a vast 19,804 square kilometers. The addition of Koongarra brings the total area of the World Heritage Area to over 19,816 square kilometers.
Interesting Facts About Kakadu • There are 77 species of mammals (nearly a quarter of Australia’s land mammals), 271 species of birds (more than one-third of Australian bird species), 132 reptiles, 27 species of frogs, 314 fish species, almost 1600 plant species and over 10,000 species of insects. • This is a place of enormous biological diversity. Savannah woodlands, eucalypt and monsoon forests, rivers and billabongs, coastal beaches, mudflats and mangroves are home to a range of rare and endemic plants and animals. • Kakadu’s ancient escarpment and stone country spans more than two billion years of the earth’s geological history.
Kakadu What is there?? • The World Heritage Kakadu Park is the largest park in Australia covering more than 110000 square kilometres in the north-east corner of the Top End. The Spectacular escarpments and wetlands abundant with wildlife make Kakadu exhilarating outback holiday, Kakadu national park have beautiful range of flowers to explore and see there are also many unique animals inKakadu including insects.
Flora • Kakadu is also considered to be one of the most weed free national parks in the world. Kakadu has the most beautiful ,unique and different sort of flowers. It’s the only park that has flowers of this type in Northern Australia
Fauna • The diverse environments of Kakadu National Park support an astonishing array of animals, a number of which have adapted to particular habitats. Some animals in the Park are rare, endangered, vulnerable or endemic. Responding to the extreme weather conditions experienced in the Park, many animals are active only at particular times of the day or night or at particular times of the year. • About 74 mammal species, marsupials and placental mammals have been recorded in the park. • Kakadu’s many habitats support more than 280 species of birds, or about one-third of Australia’s bird species. • One 117 species of reptiles have been recorded in Kakadu.
Environmental Issues and Threats • Kakadu has seen several invasive species threaten the native habitat, particularly in recent decades. Introduced fauna including the water buffalo, wild pig and more recently, the cane toad have had major effects on habitat.Invasive weeds include. • Mimosa pigra, which covers 800 km² of the Top End, including vast areas of Kakadu, invasive para grass (Urochloa mutica) displaces the native food of much of Kakadu's birdlife. Salvinia molesta has infested the Magela floodplain. Brumbies also inhabit areas of the National Park, including Yellow Water.
Human Impacts • Human impacts during the 19th and 20th century have been significant. Introduction of Domestic Asian Water Buffalo from Southeast Asia has resulted in damage to the fragile floodplains and wetlands. Since then, buffalo have largely been eradicated from the area so the land is now rehabilitating itself
Introduced Species • Feral animals in Kakadu have been introduced by non-Aboriginal people. The animals were once either domesticated or native to another country and now live and breed in the park. Among the feral animals in Kakadu are Asian water buffalo, cattle, pigs, horses, donkeys, cats, dogs, rats, mice, house geckos and European bees. Cane toads were recorded in Kakadu for the first time in early 2001.
