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Golestan National Park
National park of Iran From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Golestan National Park (Persian: پارک ملی گلستان), commonly known as the Golestan Jungle (جنگل گلستان), is an Iranian National Park in Golestan Province, northeastern Iran.
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Geography
The park is located in the eastern Alborz (Elburs) Mountains range and the western edge of the Kopet Dag range. It comprises 91,890 ha.[1]
Wildlife
Golestan National Park harbours a variety of habitats, such as deciduous forests, grasslands, shrublands and rocky areas.[2]
The wildlife of Iran is very rich and consists of leopard (Panthera pardus), Indian wolf (Canis lupus pallipes), brown bear (Ursus arctos), golden jackal (Canis aureus), wild boar (Sus scrofa), Caspian red deer (Cervus elaphus maral), roe deer (Capreolus capreolus), urial (Ovis orientalis arkal), wild goat (Capra aegagrus), goitered gazelle (Gazella subgutturosa),[3][4][5]
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