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SL NO NAME MOUNTAINS RIVERS CLIMATE FAUNA FLORA/BIRDS SPECIFIC FEATURES

1 BANDIPUR 1.deccan plateau meets w.ghats 1.kabini river in north 1.tropical climate with distinct 1.large habitat of wild elephants in S.asia 1.teak, rosewood,
NATIONAL PARK 2.part of nilgiri biospere 2.moyar river in south wet and dry season 2.tigers, gaurs, sloth bear, antelopes, dhole sandalwood
(KARNATAKA) 3.nagu river through 2.dry deciduous forest, moist 3.mammal - Indian giant
deciduous, shrublands squirrel, chitah, grey langur, elephant
2 BHITARKANIKA 1.odisha 1.brahmani 1.home-saltwater crocodile(endan) 1.Mangrove 1.Ramsar site
NATIONAL PARK 2.east - marine scantuary 2.baitarani 2.black ibis, wild boar, rhesus monkey 2.Casuarinas 2.second largest
(ODISHA) 3.dharma 3.Indigo bush(grass) mangrove in India
4.pathsala
3 DACHIGAM 1. Zabarwan range, W.hima 1. daghwagh stream 1. coniferous forest 1.home- Hangul (Kashmiri stag) 1. 'ten villages' -
NATIONAL PARK 2. vast uneven altitude from marsar lake 2. Musk deer, Leopord, Himalayan serrow relocation
(J&K) 3.occupy almost 1/2 of catchment Himalayan black bear, brown bear, jackal
of dal lake
4 DIBRU SAIKHOWA 1 1.North- Brahmaputra 1. tropical minsoon climate 1. home- white winged wood duck 1.Created a conserve
NATIONAL PARK and lohit 2.Moist mixed semievergreen 2. water buffalo, black-breasted parrotbill, WHITE WINGED
(ASSAM) 2.South- Dibru 3.Moist mixed deciduous tiger, capped langur WOOD DUCK
4.Grassland 3.Bengal tiger, leopard
(thus on south 5.Littoral and swamp
of brahmaputra)
5 JIM CORBETT 1. Patli dun valley formed by 1. Ramgamga and its 1. Humid subtropical and 1. bengal tiger 1. crested serpent 1. estd for BENGAL
NATIONAL PARK Ramganga river tributaries (Sonanadi, highland climate 2. leopard, barking deer, sambar deer, hog eagle, blossom TIGER
(UTTARKHAND) 2. located partly in valley betn palain, mandal) deer, Himalayan black bears, headed parakeet, 2. first to come
lesservhimalayband shivalik 3. Indian pythone red junglefowl under project tiger
3. crocodiles and
gharials were saved
by captive breeding
programme
4. IBA by BirdLife
International
6 KAHNA 1 1. Upper course of 1. deciduous forest (sal, 1. Royal Bengal tiger, Indian leopard, gaur, 1. depicted in
NATIONAL PARK Narmada bamboo) sloth bear, barasingha, Indian wild dog Rudyard kipling's,
(MP) 2. Banjar river THE JUNGLE BOOK
2. famous for
BARASINGHA
3. barasingha- some
will be relocated to
satpura
4. gaur- relocated to
bandhanvgarh
5.Issue of Baiga tribe
7 KAZIRANGA 1. located near eastern himalayan 1. Brahmaputra 1. tropical and subtropical moist 1. 2/3rd of world's one- horned rhinoceroses 1. migratory birds- 1. World heritage site
NATIONAL PARK biodiversity hotspot 2. Mora Diphlu broadleaf forest 2. Worlds largest popu of Wild Asiatic water lesser white fronted 2. 'IMP BIRD AREANA'
(ASSAM) 2. Mikir hilla in south 3. Diphlu 2. Brahmaputra valley semi buffalo, eastern swamp deep goose, ferruginous by BirdLife
4. Mora Dhansari evergreen forest 3. elephangs, gaur, sambhar duck, bear's pochard International
4. Hoolock gibbon- only ape found in indian duck, Asian openbill 3. one of few species
5. also home to gangetic dolphin stork outside Africa for
2. Vulture- Indian multiple species of
vulture, slender large cats such as
billed vulture, Indian bangal tigers and
white rumped leopard
vulture
8 KEIBUL LAMJAO 1. integral part of loktak lake 1. Moist semi evergreen forest 1. Natural refuge of BROW ANTLERED DEER 1. tribes like Thang,
NATIONAL PARK 2. swamp 2. rich combo of aquatic, (SANGAI), Aka Dancung deer (endan) - Brel, Maril claim
(MANIPUR) 3. PHUMDI- floating decomposed wetland and terrestrial flagship species of park ownership rights
materials ecosystem 2. hog deer, wild biar, large Indian civet 2. threats due to
4. pabot hill to orth Ithai Barrage under
Loktak Multipurpose
project
9 KEOLADEO 1. confluence of 1. mosiac of dry grassland, 1. nilgai, chital deer, wild boar, feral cattle 1. Rare 1. famous for
GHANA Gambhir and Banganga woodlands, woodland swamp, 2. fishing cat Siberian crane migratory birds
NATIONAL PARK rivers wetlands 3. asian palm civet, small indian civet (though extinct now) 2. world herritage
(better known as 2. part of indogangetic great 2. wood sandpiper, site
BHARATPUR BIRD plains sarus crane 3. ramsar wetland
SANCTUARY) 3. dry deciduous intermixed site (man made
(RAJASTHAN) with dry grassland wetland)
FLORA
1. kadam, jamun,
babul, kandi, ber
10 KHANGCHENDZONGA 1. Sikkim Trijunctuon 1. temperate to alpine zone 1. musk deer, snow leopard, himalayan 1. new species of 1. 1st mixed heritage
NATIONAL PARK 2. high altitude of Nepal, China and 2. Tropical mixed broadleaf tahr, sloth bear, civet, hima black bear, bird found in 2016- site in india
3. cold desert of lhonak valley India forest ref panda, tibetian wild ass, himalayan himalayan forest 2. lepcha tribe
3. alpine meadow blue sheep, asiatic wild dog thrush (zoothera 3. Medicinql plants in
4. glacial lakes salimalii) Dzongu valley

FLORA
1. oak, mirch, birch,
fir, alpine grasses,
shrubs
11 MANAS 1. foothills of E. himalaya 1. Manas river 1. combo of sub himalayan 1. rare- Assam roofed turtle, hispid hare, BIRDS 1. Natural world
NATIONAL PARK 2. park divided into 3 ranges- WEST - bhabar -terai + mt forest golden langur, pygmy hog, rhino 1. bengal florican, heritage site
(ASSAM) panbari, CENTRAL- bansari, EAST- 2. dry deciduous forest 2. famous for wild water buffalo giant hornbill, 2. tiger, elephant
bhuiyapara 3. moist deciduous 3. cloded leopards, black panthers, sambar reserve
3. contiguous with
royal manas NP,
Bhutan
4.2nd largest tiger pop
5. maximum no. of
endangered species
from india
12 NAMDAPHA 1. arunachal (near myanmar border) 1. noa dihing river 1. lowland evergreen forest 1. 4 big cat species - FLORA 1. biodiversity hotspot
NATIONAL PARK 2. b/w Mishmi hills & Patkai range 2. temperate broadleaf and snow leopard, clouded leopard, leopard, 1. sapria himalayana im e. hiama
(ARUNACHAL P.) mixed forest tiger and balanophora 2. lisu, chakma, singpo,
3. extensive BAMBO forest 2. dhole, Indian wolf, red panda, Asian tangsa tribes around
palm civet, 3 musk deer, sambar , wild boar park
3. only NP in world to
have 4 big cat species
4. NP with much of
altitudinal variation
(200-4500 mm)
13 NANDA DEVI AND 1. uttarakhand 1. rishi ganga 1. high altitude, thus devoid of 1. hima musk deer Hima tahr, snow leopard, FLORA 1. world heritage site
VALLEY OF FLOWERS 2. Garhwal himalaya much vegetation hima black and brown bear Rhodendron, 2. nuclear powered
NATIONAL APRK 3. rishi ganga gorge juniper, fir, birch spying device- gone
(UTTARAKHANND) 4. many peaks missing 50 years ago
14 SARISKA TIGER 1. Rajasthan 1. project tiger
RESERVE/ NP 2. Aravali range and Kathuawar gir 2. four horned anthelope, Indian langur,
(RAJASTHAN) dry deciduous forest ecoregion chital, sambar, nilgai, wild boar
15 SUNDERBAN 1. aprt of sunderban mangrove in 1. from mouth of hugli 1. Royal Bengal tiger FLORA 1. world heritage site
NATIONAL PARK gangas delta to mouth of meghna 2. fishing cats, leopard cats, wild boar, 1. sundri trees- 2. on WNBR
(WEST BENGAL) pangolian, chital specialised for
3. saltwater crocodile, river terrapin, olive pneumatophere
ridley, ganges dolphin, hawsbill turtle roots
4. newly discovered irrawady dolphin
NILGIRI BIOSPHERE From Dry scrub to evergreen Largest pop of Lion tailed Macaque and
RESERVE to swamp Nilgiri tahr
(TAMIL NADU)
NOKREK NATIONAL East Garo Hills River Simsang
PARK (Someshwari)
(MEGHALAYA)
SIMILIPAL NATIONAL RBTigers, Wild elephants, Gaues, Chaisingha Name from Semul-red
PARK silk cotton trees
(ODISHA)
PANCHAMARHI Satpura Tawa 1. Moist deciduous Chinkara, Nilgai, Bison, Indjan wolf, squirrels, 1. highest peak:
BIOSPHERE RESERVE reservoir- Imp 2. Dry deciduous sambar, rhesus macaque, chital Dhoopgarh
(MP) transition zone b/w 3. Xerophytic vegetation 2. Flora: teak + sal
eastern and western 3. Panchmarhi NP +
part Bori WS + Satpura NP
AMARKANTAK- Maikal range of Satpura + vindhya Source for 3 rivers: Monsoon climate
ACHANAKMAR range Narmada, Johilla, son
BIOSPHERE RESERVE
(CHATTISHGARH)
RUNN OF KUTCH Banni Grassland Lunj, Rupen, West Wild Ass
BIOSPHERE RESERVE Banas Greater and lesser Flamingo
GUJARAT

COLD DESERT Adjacent to Himalaya mt Includee Pin Valley


BIOSHERE RESERVE (in Rainshadow) Park, Chandratal,
(HIMACHAL P.) Sarchh, Kibber WS
AGASTHYAMALA S.end of W.Ghat
BIOSPHERE RESERVE
(TAMIL NADU)

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