منتزه خجير الوطني
| Khojir National Park | |
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IUCN category II (national park) | |
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  Location in Iran | |
| الموقع | Iran |
| الإحداثيات | 35°25′N 51°25′E / 35.41°N 51.41°E |
| المساحة | 99.71 km2 (38.50 sq mi) |
| تأسست | 1982 |
| الهيئة الحاكمة | Department of the Environment |
Khojir National Park is the oldest protected area in Iran, located on the southern slopes of the Alborz Mountains east of Tehran in Tehran Province. It was established as a wildlife reserve in 1979 and promoted to national park in 1982. It covers 99.71 km2 (38.50 sq mi) in the Jajrood River basin and ranges in altitude from 1,200 to 2,200 m (3,900 to 7,200 ft).[1]
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التاريخ
The area has been a royal game reserve since 1754 and was included in the Jajrood Protected Area in 1979.[1]
The park contains within its confines the village of Khojir, and the "vast" Khojir missile production complex, which is owned by the Shahid Hemmat Industrial Group.[2]
النبيت
Vegetation above 1,400 m (4,600 ft) comprises foremost Persian pistachio tree (Pistacia atlantica), wild almond (Prunus lycioides), interspersed with buckthorn (Rhamnus pallasi), Persian juniper (Juniperus excelsa), wild cherry (Prunus cerasus), and Cotoneaster bushes.[3]
الوحيش
Persian leopard and Asiatic wildcat were recorded during camera-trapping surveys in the protected area since 2005, and a Pallas’s cat for the first time in spring 2008.[4]
المراجع
- ^ أ ب Kolahi, M.; Moriya, K.; Sakai, T.; Khosrojerdi, E.; Etemad, V. (2014). "Introduction of participatory conservation in Iran: case study of the rural communities' perspectives in Khojir National Park" (PDF). International Journal of Environmental Research. 8 (4): 913–930.
- ^ Sanger, David E.; Bergman, Ronen; Fassihi, Farnaz (29 June 2020). "Explosion at Iranian missile facility produces conspiracy theories". The Globe and Mail Inc. The New York Times News Service.
- ^ Abkenar, K. T.; Salehi, A.; Bagheri, J.; Ravanbakhsh, H. (2013). "Some Ecological Properties of Pistacia atlantica Desf. in Khojir National Park of Iran". Chinese Journal of Applied Environmental Biology. 9 (3): 415–420. doi:10.3724/SP.J.1145.2013.00415.
- ^ Chalani, M.; Ghoddousi, A.; Ghadirian, T.; Goljani, R. (2008). "First Pallas's Cat Photo-trapped in Khojir National Park, Iran". Cat News (49): 7.