1. Dachigam National Park • Located 22 kilometres from Srinagar in Jammu & Kashmir UT. • Name of the park literally stands for “ten villages” • Area of 140 km2 • Known for hangul, or the Kashmir stag. 2. Kishtwar National Park • Located in Kishtwar, Jammu & Kashmir • Bounded in north by […]
1. Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve • Located at the trijunction of Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka • First to be included in the UNESCO-MAB Program. • Protected Areas: o Silent Valley National Park o Mukurthi National Park o Bandipur-Nagarhole Tiger Reserve o Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary o Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary o Aralam Wildlife Sanctuary o Sathyamangalam Wildlife
1. Tropical Evergreen and Semi-Evergreen forests • Found in western slopes of Western Ghats, Eastern Ghats, Andaman & Nicobar and North-eastern part of India • Climatic conditions are warm and humid with annual precipitation of over 200 cm and mean annual temperature above 22oC • Forests are generally green all around the year • Species
1. Vembanad Lake • It is the longest lake in India with an area of 2033Km2 • Located in Kerala • It is second largest Ramasar site of India after Sunderban • Primary river inflows are Achenkovil, Manimala, Meenachil, Muvattupuzha, Pamba and Periyar rivers 2. Chilika Lake • It is the largest brackish water
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