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Deux Balés National Park is a national park located in central western Burkina Faso. It is within Black Volta Province just west of the Black Volta River and at an elevation of 235-310m. The national park is on an undulating granitic plain, broken up in places by rock outcrops and lateritic plateaux.

History

Deux Balés National Park was first established in 1937 as the forêts classées des Deux Balés with an area of 61,000 hectares. In 1967, the area was given National Park status and referred to as 'parc national des Deux Balés', but there is no law establishing it as a national park. Poaching occurs in the park and in 1968 there was a considerable reduction of large mammal populations by the 'Service de l'Elevage'.

Flora and Fauna

The vegetation comprises Sudano-Zambezian savanna with a carpet of grasses, and trees such as Anogeissus leiocarpus, Isoberlinia doka and Terminalia laxiflora. There is gallery forest on the riverbanks.

Mammals include hippopotamus Hippopotamus amphibius, buffalo Syncerus caffer, elephant Loxodonta africana, crocodile Crocodylus sp. and antelopes, although the diversity of fauna has been reported as being reduced.

References

1. ^ UNEP-WCMC Retrieved June 17, 2008.

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