Sempre Vivas National Park

Sempre Vivas National Park () is a national park in the state of Minas Gerais in Brazil.

Place

The park is in the Cerrado place for living things.
It is  in size.
It was made a park on 13 December 2002. The Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation runs the park.
The park is in parts of the town places Bocaiúva, Buenópolis, Diamantina, and Olhos-d'Água in Minais Gerais.
The park became part of the Espinhaço Mosaic of parks, created in 2010.

Environment

The hills are  above sea level.
The park is in the Serras do Espinhaço Meridional.
The park is part of the place where rainwater and water from its 600 springs goes the Jequitinhonha River and São Francisco River.
About  of rain falls every year.
It can be as cold as 5C and as hot as 32C with an average of .

The park has many kinds of plants in its cerrado woodland and fields, seasonal semi-deciduous forest, swamp forest, streams, lagoons, and stream places.
There are four species of amphibians that live in the park: Bokermannohyla saxicola, lanceback tree frog (Scinax curicica), Pseudopaludicola mineira, and Thoropa megatympanum.
There are two bird species that live in the park: hyacinth visorbearer (Augastes scutatus) and grey-backed tachuri (Polystictus superciliaris).

Conservation

The IUCN says this park is a IUCN protected area category II (national park).
The park's job is to protect the natural places for living things and the beautiful places, help scientists do research, educate people about the environment, give people a place to have fun and visit.
Protected species include the maned wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus), cougar (Puma concolor), ocelot (Leopardus pardalis), giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla), and giant armadillo (Priodontes maximus).

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Category:2002 establishments in Brazil
Category:Minas Gerais
Category:National parks