Golestan National Park
Golestan National Park, commonly known as the Golestan Jungle, is an Iranian National Park in Golestan Province, northeastern Iran.Geography
The park is located in the eastern Alborz Mountains range and the western edge of the Kopet Dag range. It comprises 91,890 ha. Elevations in the park range from above sea level.Ecology
Golestan National Park has a variety of habitats, such as temperate broad leaf forests, grasslands, shrublands and rocky areas. The diverse flora includes stands of white Eremurus kopetdaghensis, Iris acutiloba subsp. lineolata and Iris kopetdagensis.
The fauna is very rich and consists of Persian leopards, Indian wolves, brown bear, golden jackal, wild boars, maral deer, roe deer, urial, wild goats and goitered gazelles.Extinct
Iran's last known tigers had occurred in this area, before 1960.
