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Lar
National
Park (Persian پارک
ملی
لار park-e
melli-e
lar)
is
a
protected
area
in Mazandaran
Province and Tehran
Province,
in
northern Iran.

A Syrian
brown
bear in
the
park
GeographyEdit

Lar
national
park

Yellow
plain
in
Lar
National
Park.
The
30,000-hectare
(74,000-acre)
park
is
in
the
Central Alborz
mountain
range,
at
the
foot
of Mount
Damavand.[1]
It
has
been
a
national
park
since
1976
and
a
protected
area
since
1982
by
the
Iran
Department
of
Environment.
Since
1991
hunting
has
been
prohibited.[2][3]
The Lar
Dam and
reservoir
is
located
within
the
park.
It
is
a
major
tourist
attraction,
being
only
70
kilometres
(43 mi)
northeast
of Tehran.
The
park
is
accessible
by
car
via Haraz
road (Road
77).
Flora
and
faunaEdit
One
of
the
rare
species
of
the
fish
family Salmonidae is
native
to
this
area.
Other
notable
flora
and
fauna
of
the
park
are:
Plants: liquorice, Cichorium, Thymus
vulgaris, Heracleum
persicum, St
John's
wort, borage, shallot, galbanum and
multiple
species
of fungus
Birds: grey
partridge, cormorant, heron and eagle
Mammals: goat, leopard, gray
wolf, bear, wild
boar, jackal and fox
Herpetofauna: monitor
lizard, lizard and frog
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