Periyar National Park (पेरियार राष्ट्रीय उद्यान)
Periyar National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary (PNP) is a protected area located in the districts of Idukki and Pathanamthitta in Kerala, India. It is notable as an elephant reserve and a tiger reserve. The protected area encompasses 925 km2 (357 sq mi), of which 305 km2 (118 sq mi) of the core zone was declared as the Periyar National Park in 1982. The park is a repository of rare, endemic, and endangered flora and fauna and forms the major watershed of two important rivers of Kerala: the Periyar and the Pamba.
The park is located high in the Cardamom Hills and Pandalam Hills of the south Western Ghats along the border with Tamil Nadu. It is 4 km (2.5 mi) from Kumily, approximately 100 km (62 mi) east of Kottayam, 110 km (68 mi) west of Madurai and 120 km (75 mi) southeast of Kochi.
- 1 History
- 2 Geography
- 3 Climate
- 4 Boundaries
- 5 Flora
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Fauna
- 6.1 Mammals
- 6.2 Birds
- 6.3 Reptiles( reptilia)
- 6.4 Amphibians
- 6.5 Fish
- 6.6 Insects
- 7 Timeline
- 8 Ecosystem valuation
- 9 Gallery
- 10 See also
- 11 Films
- 12 References
- 13 External links
Links
Images Gallery
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Submerged trees in Periyar Lake
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Entrance to the tiger reserve
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Periyar Lake
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The misty mountain ranges of the Periyar region
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Spider flower (Cleome hassleriana) in the park
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Herd of Indian bisons, gaur, at the Periyar Lake.
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An adult Nilgiri langur in the Periyar National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary
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Bicolored frog (Malabar frog) Clinotarsus curtipes
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Mycalesis patnia junonia in Periyar National Park
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Hemicordulia asiatica in Periyar National Park
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