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NATIONAL PARKS IN INDIA

This series of national parks is very helpful for candidates who are preparing for
any government examination. Specially UPSC, SSC candidates are asked
regularly. This series is very extensive series witch details that can be asked like
river in national park or wildlife in that national parks.

National parks in Madhya pardesh

Madhya pardesh is very important state as it contains good number of national park
in north central india. Wildlife found here is of more or less same so we have given
first list of wildlife found here with their status in IUCN.

Wildlife in Madhya Pardesh:-

Name of Local Special

wildlife Picture name IUCN comments
status

Bengal Bengal Endangere

tiger tiger d

Leopard Leopard Vulnerabl

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Largest
Indian Vulnerabl surviving
Gaur bison e bovine.

Largest
Asian
Least antelope.
Nilgai Roz concerned Endemic to
Indian
subcontinent
.

Spotted Least
Cheetal deer concerned

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Largest deer
Sambhar Sambhar Vulnerabl native to
deer deer e Indian
subcontinent

Indian Barking Least

muntjac deer, red concerned
deer

Swamp vulnerable Antlers

Barasingha deer carry
more than
three
tines

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Least
Mouse deer concerned

Indian Least
palm civet concerned

Four
horned Chousingh Vulnerable
antelope a

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Near
Black buck threatened

Nocturnal
insectivor
Sloth bear Vulnerable ous

Pretty
Common Hanuman much
langur langur seen by
everyone

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Indian wild Endangered Social

Dhole dog animal

Stripped Near
hyna threatened

Indian Least
giant concerned
squirrel

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Indian Least
flying concerned
squirrel

NATIONAL PARKS IN INDIA (MADHYA PARDESH)

Bandhavgarh National Park:-

 One of the highest tiger population.

 Bandhavgarh means “brothers fort”(Mythological story of RAMA and
lakshmana
 Tiger is main attraction.
 Deciduous forest
 Sal tree in abundance

Madhav National Park :-

 Name derived from ruler of Gwalior Madhav rao sindhia

 George castle at its highest point
 Chandrapatha lake(artificial lake)-famous for winter migratory bird.
 Manier river
 Sakhya sagar lake, Madhav sagar lake

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Kanha National Park:-

 Inspired Rudyard kliping’s imagination for Jungle Book(MOGLI)

 Moist deciduous forest
 Sal trees and bamboo
 Ghost tree(complete white color tree)
 Open meadow and grassland around sal trees

Panna National Park( Tiger reserve)

 Famous in 2009 because entire population of tiger get poached due to nexus
between forest officers and poachers.
 Ken river catchment area

Pench Tiger Reserve:-

 Teak forest
 Ghost trees
 Pench river

Sanjay National Park:-

 Part of sanjay-dubri tiger reserve

 Part of it went to chattisgarh named as Guru Ghasidas National Park
 Sal forest

Satpura National Park:-

 Adjoining Bori and Panchmarhi wildlife sanctuary-it is central higgland

ecosystem.
 Terrain is extremely rugged and cosists of sandstone peaks, narrow george
 Ravine and dense forest
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 Dhoopgarh peak

Van Vihar National Park:-

 Wildlife in captivity(like a zoo)

Mandla Plant Fossil Park:-

 Plan fossils
 Fossils of mollusk in narmada rift

Ghughu Fossil Park

We have tried our best to cover each national park and their important parts and
wildlife. This series of national parks will be short notes for prelims in UPSC and
SSC

NATIOANL PARK IN JAMMU &KASHMIR

Dachigam National Park:-

 Dachigam means Ten Village

 In Zabarwan range of Western Himalaya
 Dagwan river flow (originates from Mansar lake)
 Ecosystem
 Coniferous forest with alpine pastures
 Meadows, waterfalls, scrub vegetation with deep gullies.
 Famous for Kashmiri Hangul (Project Hangul)

Hemis National Park:-

 In eastern Ladakh
 Some parts of Zanskar rang
 Only national park that is in north of Himalaya
 High altitude national park

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 Largest national park

 In north INDUS River, also includes catchment area of Markha, Sumdha,
Rumbak river.
 Ecosystem
 Karakoram-West Tibetan Plateau
 Alpine steppe ecoregion, alpine forest, alpine shrub, meadows and
alpine tundra.
 Important destination or point in Silk Route of Tibet
 Famous for Snow Leopard(highest density)

Kishtwar National Park:-

 Located on plateau
 Above Chenab River and Below Nagin Sheer Glacier
 In North Rinnay River, In South Kibar Nala Catchment area
 In East Main divide of Great Himalaya and In West Marwa River
 Ecosystem
 Coniferous Alpine Meadow and scrub forest

NATIONAL PARKS IN UTTRAKHAND

Jim Corbett National Park

 Oldest national park

 First N.P. to come under PROJECT TIGER
 Patlidun valley formed by Ramganga River
 Part of Upper Ganges Plains
 Ecosystem
 Moist deciduous forest and Himalayan Subtropical pine forest

Nanda Devi National Park

 On peak of Nanda devi

 Rishi ganga river
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 After adjoining valley of flowers nanda devi national park turns into
NANDA DEVI BIOSPHERE RESERVE i.e. World Heritage Site
 Many glaciers namely uttar rishi and dakshin rishi glacier , ramani and
trishul glacier too.

Valley Of Flower National Park

 Known for its meadows of endemic alpine flowers

 Location at transition zone between Zanskar and Great Himalaya
 Between eastern Himalaya and western Himalaya
 Pushpavati River
 Gouri parbat is highest point

Rajaji National Park

 Tiger reserve
 Named after C.RAJAGOPALACHARI
 Reverine vegetation\river:- ganga, chilla, sushna
 Low altitude so broad leaved deciduous forest
 Scrubland grassland, pine forest

Gangotri National Park

 High variation in elevation so diverse biomes like subtropical, alpine

meadows, coniferous forest, glacial area combined with lush green meadows
 Gomukh Glacier-ganga origin inside park
 Bhagirathi river
 Border with china

Gobind Pashu Vihar National Park

 In higher gharwal region

 Western Himalayan broad leaf forest at its lowest elevations, transitioning to
subalpine coniferous forest and alpine shrub meadows at highest elevation

NATIONAL PARKS IN HIMACHAL PARDESH

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Great Himalayan National Park

 In kullu region
 Unesco’s world heritage site
 Zones from alpine, glacial, temperate and sub forest.

Pin Valley National Park

 Cold desert habitat of spiti valley

 Vegetation is less

NATIONAL PARKS IN UTTAR PARDESH

Dudhwa National Park

 Terai ecosystem, tall wet grassland

 Indian Nepal boarder
 Part of dudhwa tiger reserve

NATIONAL PARKS IN HARYANA

Sultanpur National Park

 Formerly known as sultanpur bird sanctuary

Kalesar National Park

 Sal forest.

NATIONAL PARK IN GUJRAT:-

Black Buck National Park-

 Gulf of khambhat at its south

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 Semi arid conditions and grassland

Gir National Park-

 Seven major perennial river flow through this region namely-Hiran, Shetrunji, Dartardi,
Shingoda, Macchindri, Godavari, Raval.
 Four reservoir at four dams-one each at Hiran, Macchundari, Raval, Shingod
 Biggest reservoir of the region is Kamleswar Dam which is called as life line of Gir.
 Teak forest with dry deciduous
 Famous for Asiatic lions

Marine National Park-

 First marine National Park-

 Involves 42 islands on Jamnagar Coast of which Pirotan is famous
 Most of them surrounded by reefs

Vansda National Park-

 Western ghats of shyadri range

 Deciduous forest
 Areas having groves of KATAS BAMBOO
 Ambika river

NATIONAL PARK IN RAJASTHAN

Desert National Park-

 Sand dunes form around 20% of parks of thar desert( marusthali)

 Fossils of animal and plant including dinosaurs
 Gadsisar sagar tank
 Abundance of birdlife

Keoladeo National Park-

 UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE Site

 Man made and man managed wetland
 Wood lands swamps
 Wood land patches
 Dry grassland

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 Important for international migratory water fowls(Siberian crane)

 Kadam tree

Ranthambore National Park-

 Also tiger reserve

 In north Banas River and in south Chambal River
 Dry deciduous forest and open grass meadow
 Ranthambore fort
 Padam talav lake
 Jog mahal and one of the very oldest Baniyan tree in India

Sariska National Park-

 Part of aravali range

 Dhok tree forest
 Scrub-thorn arid forest
 Rocky landscape
 Hilly cliffs
 Rich in mineral resources
 Illegal marble mining

Darrah National Park-

 Also called as mukundra hills national park

 Consists three wildlife sanctuaries:-
 Darrah wild life sanctuary
 Chambal wildlife sanctuary
 Jawahar sagar wildlife sanctuary

NATIONAL PARKS IN WEST BENGAL

Buxa National Park-

 Buxxa hills
 International border with Bhutan
 Serves as international corridor for asian elephants
 Northali lake
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 Raidak and Jayanti River

Sundarban National Park-

 Tiger reserve
 Biosphere reserve
 Mangrove forest
 Consists of small island in area of several distributaries of Ganga River
 Sundarban mudflat
 Ganges dolphin and Bengal tiger

Gorumara National Park-

 In terai region of Himalayan foothills

 Moist deciduous tropical forest and riverine grassland konown as Duars.
 Tropical orchid
 Murli and Raidak River, Jaldhaka River
 Indian rhinoceros

Jaldapara National Park-

 Foothills of eastern Himalaya

 Tarsa River
 Vast grassland with patches of riverine forest
 Indian one horned rhinoceros

Neora valley National Park-

 Neora river
 Park highest elevation at 10600ft at Rachela Danda
 Famous for red panda.

National parks in Odisha:-

Bhitarkanika National park:-

 Number of rivers flow through this parks like:- Brahmani, Baitarni, Dharma, Pathsala
others
 Gahirmatha river beach(famous for olive ridelley turtule site for their hatching)
 Marine sanctuaries lies to east
 Famous for mangroves too

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Simplipal National parks:-

 Name simplipal due to abundance od semul tree( red silk cottoen tree)
 UNESCO Biosphere reserve
 Part of Mayurbhanj elephant reserve
 Waterfalls like joranada and bareshpipani
 Moist deciduous
 Sal forest, grassland
 Famous for royal Bengal tiger

National parks in Jharkhand

Betla National park

 Betla is acronym of bison, elephant, tiger, leopard, axis-axis

 Tiger reserve
 Chottanagpur plateau
 Tropical wet evergreen forest in lower regions, moist dry deciduous forest in middle ,
temprate alpine forest in upper reaches
 Koel river

Hazaribagh National park

 Sloth bear

National parks in Chhattisgarh

Indravati national park:-

 Indravati river
 Rare wild buffalo
 Tiger reserve
 Tropical moist and dry deciduous type with dominance of sal

Kanger ghati national park:-

 Bastar hills
 Valley of kanger river
 Subterranean limestone caves:- Kotumsar, dandek, kailash
 Mixed forest with dominance of sal, bamboo

National parks in Bihar

Valmiki national park

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 Tiger reserve
 Himalayan bhabhar and terai landscape
 India’s biggest grassland suppose to be in line
 Gandak, masan river originate from valmiki forests and froms burhi gandak river down
south, river pandai
National parks in Andaman and nicobar islands

North button island national park:-

 Dugong(sea cow)
 Dolphin
 Water monitor lizard

Middle button island national park:-

South button national park:-

 Along with north and middle button national park it forms part of Rani Jhansi marine
national park

Rani Jhansi national park

Saddle peak national park:-

 Moist tropical vegetation as well as deciduous evergreen forest

Mount harriet national park:-

 this place is shown at rs 20 note

Galathea national park:-

 in great nicobar
 great nicobar biosphere reserve
 tropical and sub tropical moist broad leaf forest

Compbell national park:-

 in great nicobar

Mahatma Gandhi national park:-

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 15 island and open sea

 Andaman island
 Fringing coral reefs

National Parks in Meghalaya

Balpakram National Park-

 South of Garo hills

 Called as abode of perpetual winds or land of spirit
 Hotspot of biodiversity, pitcher plant is found here
 Rare medical herbs locally called as dikges
 Famous for golden cat and red panda.

Norkrek National Park-

 West of Garo hills

 UNESCO Biosphere Reserve
 Known for citrus plant
 All important rivers and streams of Garo hills originate from Norkrek Range( like
simsang river)
 Famous for Sijju caves and red panda.

National Parks in Assam

Kaziranga National Park-

 UNESCO Biosphere Reserve

 Brahmputra river, Diphlu, Mora, Dhansari Rivers
 Landscape is made of sand bars, riverine flood-formed lakes
 Indomalya ecozone-semi evergreen forest of the tropical and sub-tropical moist broadleaf
forest and Terai-duar Savanna and grassland
 One horned rhino

Manas National Park-

 UNESCO Biosphere Reserve

 Tiger reserve
 Elephant reserve
 Biosphere reserve
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 Located in foothills of eastern Himalaya, on international border dividing India and

Bhutan
 Manas river
 Two biomes-grassland and forest
 Combination of sub-Himalayan Bhabhar Terai formation leading upto Himalayan
subtropical broadleaf forest(semi-evrgreen)
 Assam roof turtle
 Pygmy hog(critically endangered)only available here

Dibru-Siakhowa National Park-

 Biosphere Reserve
 Lohit river north and Dibru river in south
 Largest salix forest
 Tropical monsoon climate consisting of moist mixed semi-evergreen forests
 Moist mixed deciduous forests and grassland

Nameri National Park-

 In foothills of eastern Himalaya

 Semi-evergreen moist deciduous forest with cane and bamboo spots and narrow strips of
open grassland along river
 Bird watchers paradise

Orlang National Park-

 Mini kaziranga
 Part of Indo-Burma hotspot
 In north Brahmputra river, Pachnoi river, Belsiri river, Dhansiri river
 Sub-tropical monsoon climate
 One horned rhino

National Parks in Manipur

Keibul-lamjao National Park-

 Only floating nation park in world

 Ramsar site
 Integral part of loktak lake
 Park is swamp with floating mass of vegetation created by accrual of organic garbage and
biomes with soil particles that has been thickened into solid formed called as Phumdis
 On Phumdis eld deer/sangai deer/dancing deer lives

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Shirui National Park-

 Shirui kashong peak(abundant flowers during monsson)

 Shirui lily is found here(state flower)
 Wildlife- Blyth Tragopan and Mrs humes bar backed pheasant is found

National Parks in Arunachal Pardesh

Namdapha National Park-

 Located between Mishmi and Patakai range

 Near Indo- Myanmar border
 Largest protected area in eastern Himalaya biodiversity hotspot
 Evergreen rainforest
 The habitat changes with increasing altitude from tropical moist forest to montane
forests, temperate forests and at the higher elevation to alpine Meadow and perennial
snow

Mouling National Park-

 Named after mouling peak

 In western part of dihang- dibang biosphere reserve
 Forms a transition zone between tropical forest at lower altitudes to moist temperate
forest
 Red panda

National Parks in Mizoram

Murlen National Park-

 Closer to chin hills

 Only 1% of sunlight can penetrate the forest so because of this it is also called as land of
no return
 Tropical, semi-evergreen and sub-montane forests

Phwangpui National Park-

 Also called as Blue mountain National Park

 Chhimtuipui river
 Slopes are covered by Orchids and Rhododendrous with areas of bamboo
 Mrs hume pheasant (Mizoram state bird)

Ntangki National Park-

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National Parks in Tripura

Clouded leopard National Park-

 Clouded leopard
 Spectacled langur

Rajbari National Park-

National Parks in Sikkim

Khangchendzonga National Park-

 Name from peak

 Biosphere reserve
 Zemu glacier
 The vegetation of park include temperate broadleaf and mixed forest
 Alpine grasses and shrubs at higher altitude.

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