Hakusan National Park

Hakusan National Park
白山国立公園
IUCN Category II (National Park)

Hakusan
Location Chūbu region, Honshū, Japan
Area 477 km2 (184 sq mi)
Established November 12, 1962

Hakusan National Park (白山国立公園 Hakusan Kokuritsu Kōen?) is a national park in the Chūbu region, Honshū, Japan. The total area of the park is 477 km2 (184 sq mi) and its main geographical feature is Mount Haku.

The park was originally designated "Hakusan Quasi-National Park" (白山国定公園 Hakusan Kokutei Kōen) on July 1, 1955. It received full national park status on November 12, 1962.

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Flora and fauna

The vegetation of the park ranges from warm temperate to alpine zones. The base of the mountains are covered by coniferous forests, dominated by firs (Abies mariesii), pines (Pinus aristata) and Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica) Deciduous forests and woodlands, dominated by Mongolian oak and Japanese beech (Fagus crenata) are also present. At higher elevations there are also open landscapes.

Hakusan is home to the golden eagle, the mountain hawk-eagle and several larger mammal species typical for the japanese Islands, like Japanese macaque, Asiatic black bear, Japanese serow and Sika deer.

Volcanoes

Neighboring municipalities

Toyama Prefecture
Ishikawa Prefecture
Fukui Prefecture
Gifu Prefecture

See also

External links

Abashiri Quasi-National Park · Aichi Kōgen Quasi-National Park · Akan National Park · Akiyoshidai Quasi-National Park · Ashizuri-Uwakai National Park · Aso Kujū National Park · Bandai-Asahi National Park · Chichibu Tama Kai National Park · Chūbu-Sangaku National Park · Daisen-Oki National Park · Daisetsuzan National Park · Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park · Hakusan National Park · Hiba-Dogo-Taishaku Quasi-National Park · Hidaka Sanmyaku-Erimo Quasi-National Park · Hyōnosen-Ushiroyama-Nagisan Quasi-National Park · Iriomote-Ishigaki National Park · Ise-Shima National Park · Jōshin'etsu Kōgen National Park · Kirishima-Yaku National Park · Kushiro Shitsugen National Park · Meiji no Mori Takao Quasi-National Park · Mikawa Wan Quasi-National Park · Minami Alps National Park · Minami Bōsō Quasi-National Park · Nikkō National Park · Niseko-Shakotan-Otaru Kaigan Quasi-National Park · Nishi-Chugoku Sanchi Quasi-National Park · Ogasawara National Park · Ōnuma Quasi-National Park · Rikuchu Kaigan National Park · Rishiri-Rebun-Sarobetsu National Park · Saikai National Park · Sanin Kaigan National Park · Setonaikai National Park · Shikotsu-Tōya National Park · Shimokita Hanto Quasi-National Park · Shiretoko National Park · Shokanbetsu-Teuri-Yagishiri Quasi-National Park · Tanzawa-Ōyama Quasi-National Park · Tenryū-Okumikawa Quasi-National Park · Towada-Hachimantai National Park · Tsugaru Quasi-National Park · Unzen-Amakusa National Park · Yatsugatake-Chūshin Kōgen Quasi-National Park · Yoshino-Kumano National Park