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The national park Macaya is in the solid mass of the Hood and extends on two dull: dull Formond and dull Macaya. These dull is cut deep gullies which give rise to the large rivers of the south of the peninsula: the Large Gully of the South, the river of Acul, the Port-with-Pepper river, of the Reeds, Guinaude and the river Freeze. These solid masses are generally limestones, often Karstiques, intersected by volcanic formations. A great fault which crosses the peninsula of the South, via the Large Gully of the South, separates the two solid masses. The fauna of macaya includes/understands many single species in the island of Hispagniola. In addition to many kinds of birds, the park shelters clean animal autes in the island and new families were identified there. The national park shelters 65 species of birds, on a total of 230 for Haiti, from which some are endemic. Macaya shelters also large numbers of migrating species. The flora on the summit part of the solid masses is still well preserved. It is there that one finds forests made up mainly of an endemic species, that is to say the Western pine. One also finds underwoods with tree ferns. The park comprises also 141 species of orchises, including 38 endemic, and 367 other plants with flowers including 55 clean in the island. Many of these plants have medicinal virtues and are always used by the poplulations. Some are famous for their |
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