National Parks Flashcards
NP est under?
- section 35 (4) of the wildlife protection act 1972
- protected natural habitats est by central and state gov- acc to regulations from IUCN (international union for conservation of nature)
- Protection to the entire ecosystem
Restrictions in NP
very much.
human intervention greatly restricted
Exception to the NP by
chief wildlife warden of the state under the conditions given in Chapter 4, WPA 1972
no of NPs
104
First NP
Hailey NP in 1936
known as Jim Corbett NP Uttarakhand
Largest NP
Hemis National Park (Ladakh) - largest NP in South Asia
Smallest NP
South Button Island National Park in Andaman and Nicobar - 0.03 km
State with largest numbers of NP
Madhya Pradesh - 11 (latest - Kuno)
Number of Marine national parks in India
6
First marine national park in India
Gulf of Kutch, Gujrat
Floating National Park
Keibul Lamjao National park in Manipur’s Loktak Lake
Rudyard Kinpling’s Mowgli from?
Pench and Kanha
NP in Jammu Kashmir
- City Forest (Salim Ali NP)
- Dachigam NP (10 villages)
- Kishtwar NP
Key species of Kishtewar NP
Snowcock and brown bear
HP NP
- Great Himalayan NP
- Simbalbara NP
- Inderkila NP
- Pin Valley NP
- Khirganga NP
World Heritage Site in HP
Great Himalayan NP
valley of Flowers
Uttarakhand
- Nanda Devi
- Govind Pashu Vihar NP
- Rajaji NP
- Valley of Flowers NP
- JIM Corbett NP
(Nanda D In UT thus a man called Govind bound to be there, a god in fact, the temples built by raja himself who offer flowers at their feet
First NP to come under Project tiger initiative
Jim Corbett
NP of UP
- Dudhwa NP
Dudhwa’s species
Indian Rhinos, Leopard, tigers
Bihar NP
Valmiki NP
Jharkhand NP
Betla NP
Palamau TR
Betla NP
West Bengal NP
- Sunderban NP
- Singalila NP
- Gorumara NP
- Neora Valley NP
- Buxa NP
- Jaldapara NP
Designated as Ramsar Site since 2019 and World Network of Biosphere Reserve (Man and Biosphere Reserve) from 1989
Sunderbans NP
Odisha NP
Bhitarkanika NP
Simlipal NP
Rajasthan NP
Desert NP Ranthambore NP Sariska NP Keoladeo NP Mukundra Hills NP
Great Indian bustard found in
Desert National Park
Siberian crane
Kevladev NP
Gujrat
- Gir NP
- Vansda NP
- Vaivadar Blackbuck Np
MP NP
Kanha Madhav bandhav, p3 + fossils + sanjay
- Kanha
- Bandhavgarh
- Madhav
- Sanjay NP
- Van Vihar
- Panna
- Satpura
- Pench
- Fossils
- Dinosaur
- Palpura Kuno NP
Shared NP with MP and Chats
Sanjay NP
Shared NP with MP and MH
Pench NP
Largest MP NP with species
Tiger, Leopard and Sloth Bear
white Tiger and leopard
Bandhav garn
UNESCO Designated Biosphere Reserve in Oct 2020
Panna NP
Chattisgarh NP
Indra gandhi chattes kankar becz ghas zada nahi thi
- Indravati NP
- Kanger Valley NP
- Guru Ghasi Das (Sanjay NP)
Assam NP
- Debra Saikhowa NP
- Kaziranga NP
- Manas NP
- Nameri NP
- Rajiv Gandhi Orang NP
one horned rhino wild uffalo wild boar liger leopard \+ world heritage size
Kazi
UWHS Wild Buffalo tiger reserve elephant reserve bio reserve wildlife sanctuary
Manas
Sikkim NP
Kanchenjunga -
India’s first Mixed Heritage site of India
Kanchenjunga
3rd highest peak in the world
Kanchenjunga
Manipur NP
Keibul Lamjao NP at loktak lake
Mh NP
- Chandoli NP
- Gugamal NP
- Tadoba NP
- Nawegaon NP
- Sanjay Gandhi NP
- Pench NP
Andhra Pradesh
- Sri Venkasteshwara
- Rajiv Gandhi NP
- Papikonda NP
Karnataka NP
natak
- Anshi NP
- Bandipur NP
- Bannerghattan NP
- Kudremukh NP
- Rajiv Gandhi (Nagarhole) NP
Gaur (indian Bison)
Nagarhole NP Karnataka
Kerala NP
- Anamudi NP
- Eravikulam NP
- Mathikettan Shola NP
- Pambadum Shola NP
- Periyar NP
- Silent Valley NP
Elephant plus tiger reserve
Periyar NP
TN NP
- Guindy NP
- Gulf of Mannar NP
- Indira Gandhi NP
- Mudumalai NP
- Mukuthi NP
Andaman and Nicobar NP
- Campbell Bay
- Galathea Bay
- Mahatama Gandhi (Wandoor) NP
- Middle Button NP
- Mount Hariett NP
- North Button NP
- Rani Jhansi NP
- Saddle Peak NP
- South Button NP
Natangi National Park
Nagaland
Murlen NP
Mizoram
Kalesar NP
Sultanpur NP
Haryana