mukkurthi national park in nilgiri hills is the sanctuary for the nilgiri tahr.
mukkurthi national park in nilgiri hills is the sanctuary for the nilgiri tahr.
mukkurthi national park in nilgiri hills is the sanctuary for?
the nilgiri tahr
doddabetta is the highest peak (2,623 m) in the nilgiris, about 10 km from ooty. it lies at the junction of the western and eastern ghats surrounded by dense "sholas". the pine forest situated between ooty and thalakunda is a small downhill region where pine trees are arranged in an orderly fashion. wenlock downs is a grassland area typical of the original bioscape of the nilgiris with gently undulating hills. mudumalai national park and tiger reserve lies on the north western side of the nilgiri hills. the sanctuary is divided into 5 ranges - masinagudi, thepakadu, mudumalai, kargudi and nellakota. here one can often spot herds of endangered indian elephants, vulnerable gaur, and chital. the sanctuary is a haven for bengal tigers, indian leopards and other threatened species. there are at least 266 species of birds in the sanctuary, including critically endangered species like the indian white-rumped vulture and the long-billed vulture. mukurthi national park is a 78.46 km protected area located in the south-eastern corner of the nilgiris plateau west of ooty. the park was created to protect its keystone species, the nilgiri tahr. the western ghats, nilgiri sub-cluster (), including all of mudumalai national park, is under consideration by the unesco world heritage committee for selection as a world heritage site.
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scrub lands, including the deccan thorn scrub forests, are common in the interior deccan plateau. some of india's famous protected areas are found in south india. these include project tiger reserves periyar national park, kalakad - mundanthurai and nagarjunsagar-srisailam tiger reserve. important ecological regions of south india are the nilgiri biosphere reserve, located at the conjunction of the borders of karnataka, kerala and tamil nadu in the nilgiri hills including mudumalai national park, bandipur national park, nagarhole national park silent valley national park, wayanad wildlife sanctuary and sathyamangalam wildlife sanctuary and the anamalai hills including the eravikulam national park, chinnar wildlife sanctuary, parambikulam wildlife sanctuary and the adjacent the indira gandhi wildlife sanctuary and national park of the western ghats. important bird sanctuaries including ranganathittu bird sanctuary, kumarakom bird sanctuary, nelapattu and pulicat sanctuary are home to numerous migratory and local birds. other protected ecological sites include the backwaters like the pulicat lake in andhra pradesh, pitchavaram in tamil nadu and the famed backwaters of kerala formed by the vembanad lake, the ashtamudi lake and the kayamkulam lake.
geography of south india