Mount Kerinci Seblat national park

Kerinci Seblat National Park is the largest national park in Sumatra which has an area of 13.750 km ² and extends into four provinces including West Sumatra, Jambi, Bengkulu and South Sumatra. It is located at coordinates of 100 ° 31'18 "E - 102 ° 44'01" E and 1 ° 07'13 "S - 1 ° 26'14" S which consists of the Bukit Barisan Mountains that has the highest plateau region in Sumatra. Mount Kerinci (also spelled "Kerintji", and is known as the Mountain Tower, Volcano Kurinci, Kerinchi, Korinci, or Peak Indrapura) is the highest mountain in Sumatra, and Indonesia's highest peak outside of Papua. Mount Kerinci is located in the Bukit Barisan Mountains, near the west coast, and is located about 130 km south of Padang.

This national park also consists of hot springs, wing swift rivers, caves, waterfalls and the highest caldera lake in Southeast Asia, namely in the Mount Tujuh. Also has a variety of species, about 4,000 species of plants grow in areas of national parks, rare and endemic plants such as Kerinci pine (Pinus strain Kerinci), wood bloodsucker (Harpulia alborea), Raflesia flower (Rafflesia arnoldi and Rafflesia hasseltii), and the corpse flower (Amorphophallus titanum and Amorphophallus. decus-silvae) which are dominated by the Dipterocarpaceae family including the world's largest flower Rafflesia arnoldi, and the highest rates in the world, the Titan Arum. The animal in the national park area Kerinci Seblat National Park has 37 species of mammals, 10 species of reptiles, 6 species of amphibians, 8 species of primates and 139 bird species, comprising among others the Sumatran Tiger, Sumatran Rhinoceros, Sumatran Elephant, Clouded Tiger, Malay Tapir, Sun Bear and about 370 species of birds.

The mountain is surrounded by dense forests of Kerinci Seblat National Park and is the habitat of Sumatran tiger and Sumatran rhinoceros. Kerinci Seblat National Park is a representative type of lowland rain forest ecosystems to sub-alpine ecosystems as well as some unique ecosystems such as peat swamps, freshwater swamps and lakes. Another potential draw the attention of visitors in this park, like the sound observation hornbills (Buceros sumatranus rhinoceros) and the looming (Aceros undulatus undulatus) and the laughter of hysteria stunning ivory bird (Rhinoplax vigil); the golden cat (Catopuma temminckii temminckii) very mysterious, and the existence of unsolved mysteries about a kind of primate that walked upright and quickly disappeared among the trees, where the local people call it "short people".

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