Chapada Diamantina National Park
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The Chapada Diamantina National Park (Template:Langx {{#invoke:IPA|main}}) is a national park in the Chapada DiamantinaTemplate:Efn region of the State of Bahia, Brazil. The terrain is rugged, and mainly covered by flora of the Caatinga biome.
Location
The park is in the Caatinga biome, and covers Template:Convert. It was created by decree 91.655 of 17 September 1985, and is administered by the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation.Template:Sfn The park covers parts of the municipalities of Palmeiras, Mucugê, Lençóis, Ibicoara and Andaraí in the state of Bahia.Template:Sfn
Terrain
The park is in the Chapada Diamantina, a plateau bounded by cliffs of Template:Convert in central Bahia. Altitudes in the plateau typically vary from Template:Convert. In the more mountainous parts there are several peaks of Template:Convert, and a few over Template:Convert. The plateau forms a watershed, draining on one side into the São Francisco River and on the other into the De Contas River and Paraguaçu River.Template:Sfn
The park lies in the rugged Sincorá Range in the east of the plateau, an area of folded and heavily eroded structures. The range is elongated in a north-south direction, and has an average width of Template:Convert.Template:Sfn The highest point of the state is in the park, the Template:Convert Pico do Barbado. Both gold and diamonds have been found in the range.Template:Sfn The range forces moist air moving west from sea upward which causes higher levels of rainfall, particularly in the east.Template:Sfn There are many systems of caves formed by the rivers of the region.Template:Sfn
Flora and fauna
Vegetation includes typical Caatinga xerophytic formations at elevations from about Template:Convert, Atlantic Forest vegetation along the watercourses, meadows and rocky fields higher up. Endemic flora include Adamantinia miltonioides, Cattleya elongata, Cattleya tenuis, Cattleya x tenuata, Cleites libonni and Cleistes metallina. The hooded visorbearer (Augastes lumachellus) hummingbird is endemic.Template:Sfn There are few large mammals, but many species of small mammals, reptiles, amphibians, birds and insects.Template:Sfn
Conservation
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The park is classed as IUCN protected area category II (national park). It has the objectives of preserving natural ecosystems of great ecological relevance and scenic beauty, enabling scientific research, environmental education, outdoors recreation and eco-tourism.Template:Sfn Protected birds in the reserve include white-necked hawk (Buteogallus lacernulatus), Chaco eagle (Buteogallus coronatus), Bahia tyrannulet (Phylloscartes beckeri), ochre-marked parakeet (Pyrrhura cruentata) and Bahia spinetail (Synallaxis whitneyi).Template:Sfn
Other protected species include Barbara Brown's titi (Callicebus barbarabrownae), cougar (Puma concolor), jaguar (Panthera onca), oncilla (Leopardus tigrinus), giant armadillo (Priodontes maximus) and giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla).Template:Sfn