Sobaeksan National Park
Sobaeksan National Park (Korean: 소백산국립공원; Hanja: 小白山國立公園) is located in the provinces of Chungcheongbuk-do and Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea. It was designated as the 18th national park in 1987. It is named after the 1,439-metre (4,721 ft) mountain Sobaeksan. The park is home to 1,067 plant species and 2,639 animal species. Reintroduction program of the critically endangered Korean Foxes with captive animals from the Seoul Zoo has been run to reestablish the local population of 50 by 2020.
References
- ^ "Sobaeksan National Park". protectedplanet.net.
- ^ "Sobaeksan: Intro". Korea National Park Service. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
- ^ Lee Sun-young, 2012, Foxes released into wild on Sobaeksan, The Korea Herald
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