Lake Chivero Recreational Park
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IUCN category II (national park)
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North bank of Lake Chivero
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| Location | Zvimba District, Zimbabwe |
| Nearest city | Harare |
| Coordinates | 17°54′42″S 30°47′15″E / 17.91167°S 30.78750°ECoordinates: 17°54′42″S 30°47′15″E / 17.91167°S 30.78750°E |
| Area | 6100 ha |
| Established | 1952 |
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| Designated | January 3, 2013 |
Lake Chivero Recreational Park is a protected area around Lake Chivero within the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Estate.
Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority
The park was proclaimed as a national park in 1952, and changed to its current status in 1975.
Typical of high veld vegetation, the park is dominated by brachystegia woodland/ miombo woodland. Brachystegia and Julbernadaglobiflora with associated trees such as terminalia sericea, parinari curatellifolia and monotes glaber createing enough food for browsers.
The animals that are easily sighted in the park are southern white rhino, Angolan giraffe, Burchell's zebra, blue wildebeest, impala, kudu, waterbuck, tsessebe, common eland, sable, baboon, monkey, duiker, warthog, bush pig, rock hyrax, scrub hare, spring hare, bush squirrel.
The park also has a variety of nocturnals that include civet, genet, black-backed jackal, porcupine, slender white tailed mongoose, caracal, pangolin, aardvark, serval, bush baby, night ape and several other species.
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