| Bisanadi
National Reserve Background
Information
It acts as a wildlife dispersal area for
Meru national park. It is a part of the Meru, Kora, Mwingi
and Bisanadi conservation area.
Location:
Adjacent to north-east boundary of Meru, Isiolo district,
covering an area of 606km2.
Climate:
The climate is hot and dry.
HOW
TO GET THERE
Roads
The Reserve is readily accessible Via Meru.
Park
Roads
One road connecting Meru and Bisanadi.
MAJOR
ATTRACTIONS
Wilderness.
COMMON
VEGETATION
The
vegetation is mainly thorn bushland and thicket with Combretum
prevailing in the north and Commiphora in the south. To the
west the Combretum merges into Terminalia
wooded grasslands. The red-flowered parasitic Loranthus
grows on the branches of Acacia reficiens along the
rivers. Dense riverine forests of doum palm Hyphaene spp.
and raffia palm Raphia spp. occur along the water
courses. Some riverine swamps have sedges Cyperus sp.,
and grasses Echinochloa haplacelada and Pennisetum
mezianum. On the plains Sehima nervosa, Chloris
roxburghiana and other species of Pennisetum are the
dominant grasses. |
