Monte Cristi National Park

Monte Cristi National Park (Parque National Monte Cristi) is a national park on the Caribbean Island of Hispaniola that extends from the borders of Haiti to Punta Rucia in the Dominican Republic and covers an area of 550 km². It contains coastal lagoons, beaches, mangrove swamps, a 237 m (777 ft) limestone mesa from which can be seen offshore keys and forested slopes of the mesa's northern side.^[1]

The area is very dry, receiving just over two inches of rain per year. The huge mesa provides a habitat for an indigenous plant species called sabia montecristini as well as several reptile species. There are no marked paths in the park.^[2]

Footnotes

^ "Parque National Monte Cristi". Archived from the original on 2007-10-09. Retrieved 2007-08-02.
^ "Dominican Republic National Park Listings". Archived from the original on 2007-07-08. Retrieved 2007-08-02.

External links

Monte Cristi Shipwreck Project - The 2001 Excavation
The Rhenish Stoneware from the Monte Cristi Shipwreck, Dominican Republic

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National parks of the Dominican Republic

• Cueva de las Maravillas National Park

• El Choco National Park • Isabel De Torres National Park • Isla Cabritos National Park • Jaragua National Park • José Armando Bermúdez National Park • José del Carmen Ramírez National Park • La Caleta Underwater National Park • Los Haitises National Park • Monte Cristi National Park • Parque Nacional Del Este • Perez Rancier National Park • Pueblo Viejo National Park • Sierra De Baoruco National Park

• Valle Nuevo National Park