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• Driving in Bali
• Bali Travel Tips

• Bali Introduction
• Bali People and Religion
• Bali Geography and History
• Bali Places Of Interest
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• Bali Music, Dance, and Drama
• Bali Arts, Painting, and Crafts
• Bali Flora and Fauna

Bali is located in an archipelago of great natural diversity. About 17 percent of the world’s total bird species are living within the islands of Indonesia. Thirty seven percent of the world’s known fish are found here, that’s 7000. Not to mention butterflies: the Indonesian archipelago ranks first, for amphibian animals, it ranks fifth and seventh for flowering plants.

Some 30.000 plant species can be found here. Several species are endemic, live nowhere but have their habitat here. One of the reasons for this natural richness is the fact that the archipelago covers three different zones of flora and fauna localization : the Asian zone, the Australian zone, and the intermediate zone.

Bali is situated in Asian zone of Indonesia, characterized by big carnivore mammals, such as the Tiger, or smaller ones such as the Black Panther or the Leopard; big herbivores such as the deer and the wild buffalo.

Bali’s geographical condition plays a great role in the variety of the fauna and flora. Some areas of the island are still occupied by rain forest. Wild orchids, ferns, moss, and other plants requiring a high humidity are found in the mountain areas of the island. Wood plants like teakwood, Banyan tree (ficus elastica) and Pule tree (alstonia scholaris) grow in gorges which are numerous in Bali. Along the rivers and streams also grow bamboo, which is used in construction and many other purposes. The shore of Bali shores are abundant in animal and floral species such as the mangrove forest which contains all sorts of big and small crabs, shrimps and fishes.