Rawa Aopa Watumohai National Park

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Rawa Aopa Watumohai National Park
IUCN Category II (National Park)
Map showing the location of Rawa Aopa Watumohai National Park
Map showing the location of Rawa Aopa Watumohai National Park
Rawa Aopa Watumohai NP
Location in Sulawesi
Location Sulawesi, Indonesia
Coordinates 4°23′S 121°59′E / 4.383°S 121.983°E / -4.383; 121.983Coordinates: 4°23′S 121°59′E / 4.383°S 121.983°E / -4.383; 121.983
Area 1,050 km²
Established 1989

Rawa Aopa Watumohai National Park is a national park on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, on the province of South East Sulawesi. It was declared in 1989, and has an area of 1,050 km². The park ranges from sea level to the altitude of 981 m.

The park has varied vegetation: sub-montane rain forests, mangrove forests, coastal forests, savanna and freshwater swamp forests. It is home to Babirusa, both species of endangered Anoa – essentially miniature Water Buffaloes – and 155 bird species, of which 37 are endemic to Sulawesi, and 323 species of plants.

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