NOKREK NATIONAL PARK, Balpakram National Park, NATANGKI NATIONAL PARK,UPSC PSC MIND MAP

#Nokrek_National_Park

#National_Park_series

▪️Nokrek National Park

• Nokrek National Park, the core area of Nokrek Biosphere Reserve, is a national park located approximately 2 km from Tura Peak in West Garo Hills district of Meghalaya, India
  
  
  ✅UNESCO National park to its list of Biosphere Reserves in May 2009
  
  
  ✅West Garo Hills
  
  
  ✅Known for Citrus plants
  
  
  ✅All important rivers and streams of the Garo Hills region rise from the Nokrek Range, of which the river Simsang, known as Someshwari when it emerges into Bangladesh at Baghmara, is the most prominent.
  
  
  ✅Known for Siju Caves

#Balpakram_National_Park

#National_Park_series

▪️Balpakram National Park

• Balpakram National Park is a national park in the south of Garo Hills in Meghalaya, India, located close to the international border with Bangladesh.
  
  
  ✅ It was inaugurated in December 1987 and provides habitat for barking deer, Asian golden cat, Bengal tiger, marbled cat, wild water buffalo, red panda and Indian elephant.
  
  
  ✅Balpakram means 'land of the eternal wind' according to the myth of the Garo people.
  
  
  ✅Altitude (200-800m), south of Garo Hills
  
  
  ✅Also called "Abode of perpetual wind" and "Land of spirit"
  
  
  ✅Hotspot of Biodiversity
  
  
  ✅Famous for the pitcher plant
  
  
  ✅A variety of very rare medicinal herbs locally called"dikes".
  
  

#Ntangki_National_Park

#National_Park_series

• Ntangki National Park is a national park located in Peren district of Nagaland, India.
  
  
  ✅ Among the species that inhabit the park are the rare hoolock gibbon, golden langur, hornbill, Asian palm civet, black stork, tiger, white-breasted kingfisher, monitor lizard, python and sloth bear.
  
  
  ✅ The name "Ntangki" is derived from the Zeme dialect of the Zeliangrong tribe.
  
  

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