| Pshav-Khevsureti National Park | |
|---|---|
| IUCN category II (national park) | |
 Khevsureti, village Shatili | |
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| Location |  Georgia |
| Coordinates | 42°40′N 45°10′E / 42.66°N 45.16°E / 42.66; 45.16 |
| Area | 1,400.44 km (540.71 sq mi) |
| Established | 2014 |
| Governing body | Agency of Protected Areas |
| Website | National Park Info |
Pshav-Khevsureti National Park (Georgian: ფშავ-ხევსურეთის ეროვნული პარკი) is in Dusheti Municipality, Mtskheta-Mtianeti region of Georgia. Park has been established by direct involvement of World Wide Fund for Nature.
Fauna
Pshav-Khevsureti National Park will help conservation of the leopard (Panthera pardus) in the Caucasus, as well as the Bezoar goat (Capra aegagrus aegagrus), endemic East Caucasian tur (Capra caucasica cylindricornis), brown bear, European lynx, Caucasian red deer, chamois.
Tourist infrastructure
Pshav-Khevsureti National Park can be reached using Tbilisi-Zhinvali-Barisakho-Shatili route.
See also
References
- ^ Pshav-Khevsureti in Georgia Protected Planet
- Pshav-Khevsureti Protected Areas established in Georgia
- Pshav-Khevsureti Support Programme for Protected Areas in the Caucasus - Georgia (SPPA-Georgia).
- Y.Yarovenko, N.Zazanashvili Recent hard evidence for the occurrence of the Leopard, Panthera pardus (Mammalia: Felidae), in the Eastern Greater Caucasus Zoology in the Middle East Volume 62, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 88-90 https://doi.org/10.1080/09397140.2016.1144303
- Pshav-Khevsureti National Park National Parks of Georgia