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Meru National Park is a Kenyan national park located east of Meru, 350 km (220 mi) from Nairobi. Covering an area of 870 km 2 (340 sq mi), it is one best known national parks in Kenya. Rainfall in this area is abundant with 635–762 mm (25.0–30.0 in) in the west of the park and 305–356 mm (12.0–14.0 in) in the east.
Bisanadi National Reserve is a wildlife reserve in Isiolo County, Kenya. It is adjacent to Meru National Park. The park is home to the lion, African elephant, cheetah, white rhinoceros, and African buffalo and over 400 species of birds. Visitors to the reserve can boat/fish on the Tana and Rojewero rivers. [1]
Mount Kenya National Park, established in 1949, protects the region surrounding the mountain. Currently, the national park is within the forest reserve which encircles it. [16] In April 1978 the area was designated a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. [17] The national park and the forest reserve, combined, became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997. [14]
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Meru town is a jumping-off place for Samburu and Buffalo Springs National Reserves and Lewa Conservancy, all some distance north of Meru, with Samburu and Buffalo Springs via Isiolo, and Meru National Park, to the northeast of Meru, via Maua in the Nyambene Hills.
Mount Meru is the second highest peak in Tanzania after Mount Kilimanjaro, which is just 60 km away and forms a backdrop to views from the park to the east. Arusha National Park lies on a 300-kilometre axis of Africa's most famous national parks, running from Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater in the west to Kilimanjaro National Park in the
Meru District has a total size of 1,268.2 square kilometers, with forest reserves covering around 13% (163.7 km 2).An area of approximately 813.5 km 2 (64.1%) is used for agricultural activities, 37.05 km 2 (3%) for grazing, 15 km 2 (0.001%) for pasture/fodder, 203.7 km 2 (16%) is in Arusha National Park, 5.7 km 2 (0.4%) is water bodies, and the remaining area of 44.39 km 2 (3.6%) is ...
Meru, Kenya, town in Meru County in the republic of Kenya; Meru County, one of Kenya's 47 counties that was created by the 2009 merger of 3 districts: Meru Central District; Meru North District; Meru South District; Meru National Park, a Kenyan wildlife park; Meru District, a former district of Kenya