hemis national park is the largest national park in india in terms of area.
hemis national park is the largest national park in india in terms of area.
largest national park in india in terms of area?
hemis national park
hemis national park (or hemis high altitude national park) is a high altitude national park in the eastern ladakh region of the state of jammu and kashmir in india. globally famous for its snow leopards, it is believed to have the highest density of them in any protected area in the world. it is the only national park in india that is north of the himalayas, the largest notified protected area in india (largest national park) and is the second largest contiguous protected area, after the nanda devi biosphere reserve and surrounding protected areas. the park is home to a number of species of endangered mammals, including the snow leopard. hemis national park is india's protected area inside the palearctic ecozone, outside the changthang wildlife sanctuary northeast of hemis, and the proposed tso lhamo cold desert conservation area in north sikkim.
hemis national park
of the ten national parks in england, five are in the northern counties, two in the southwest counties, one in the east, and the most recent two designations in the south. in total, the national parks touch only sixteen english counties and cover 9.3% of england, with no national park in the central counties. the three national parks of wales by contrast occupy 19.9% of the land. the lake district national park at is the largest national park in england and second largest in the united kingdom after scotland's cairngorms national park. snowdonia national park, at , is wales' largest national park and the third largest in the united kingdom. the smallest national park in england and wales, and in the united kingdom, is the broads at . the total area of the national parks in england and wales is approximately , for an average of 1,251 square kilometres but a median of 1,344 square kilometres. in the united kingdom the total increases to 22,660 square kilometres (average 1511 km). the most-visited national park is the lake district, with 15.8 million visitors in 2009, although by visitor days the south downs at 39 million compares to 23.1 million for the lake district.
list of national parks of england and wales