Gorongosa National Park
The 4,000 square kilometer Gorongosa National Park is located at the southern end of the Great East African Rift Valley. The Park includes the valley floor and parts of surrounding plateaus.
Seasonal flooding and waterlogging of the valley creates a variety of distinct ecosystems. Grasslands are dotted with patches of acacia trees, savannah, dry forest on sands and seasonally rain-filled pans and termite hill thickets. The plateaus contain miombo and montane forests and a spectacular rain forest at the base of a series of limestone gorges.
The rehabilitation of Gorongosa National Park in Central Mozambique represents one of the great conservation opportunities in the world today. Gorongosa is a region of high species diversity and ecological features found nowhere else. The key to continued species diversity on the planet is to protect critical areas.