Pshav-Khevsureti National Park Explained

Pshav-Khevsureti National Park
Iucn Category:	II
Map:	Georgia#Georgia Mtskheta-Mtianeti
Relief:	1
Location:	Georgia
Coordinates:	42.66°N 45.16°W
Area Km2:	1400.44
Established:	2014
Governing Body:	Agency of Protected Areas
Website:	National Park Info

Pshav-Khevsureti National Park (Georgian: ფშავ-ხევსურეთის ეროვნული პარკი) is in Dusheti Municipality, Mtskheta-Mtianeti region of Georgia.^[1] Park has been established by direct involvement of World Wide Fund for Nature.^{[2] [3]}

Fauna

Pshav-Khevsureti National Park will help conservation of the leopard (Panthera pardus) in the Caucasus,^[4] as well as the Bezoar goat (Capra aegagrus aegagrus), endemic East Caucasian tur (Capra caucasica cylindricornis), brown bear, European lynx, Caucasian red deer, chamois.

Tourist infrastructure

Pshav-Khevsureti National Park can be reached using Tbilisi-Zhinvali-Barisakho-Shatili route.^[5]

See also

• List of protected areas of Georgia

Notes and References

1. https://www.protectedplanet.net/pshav-khevsureti-national-park Pshav-Khevsureti in Georgia
2. http://wwf.panda.org/?220711/Pshav-Khevsureti-Protected-Areas-established-in-Georgia Pshav-Khevsureti Protected Areas established in Georgia
3. http://sppa-georgia.org/sppa/index.php/en/about-the-programme/general/78-sppa/95-pshav-khevsureti Pshav-Khevsureti
4. Y.Yarovenko, N.Zazanashvili Recent hard evidence for the occurrence of the Leopard, Panthera pardus (Mammalia: Felidae), in the Eastern Greater Caucasus Zoology in the Middle East Volume 62, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 88-90 https://doi.org/10.1080/09397140.2016.1144303
5. https://nationalparks.ge/en/site/pshav-khevsuretinp/getHere Pshav-Khevsureti National Park