Eravikulam National Park
May 2, 2022
2022-05-02 9:01
Eravikulam National Park
- Eravikulam National Park is located: Devikulam Taluk of Idukki District
- Kannan Devan Hills is a part of: Eravikulam National Park
- The name Eravikulam denotes: Streams and pools
- The area, which was managed as a Game Reserve by the Kannan Devan Hills Produce Company: Eravikulam National Park
- The responsibility for the management and protection of the area was vested with: High Range Game Preservation Association
- The game association has redefined as: High Range Wildlife and Environmental Preservation Association
- Association now joins hands with the Forest Department in managing the park.
- Eravikulam National park was resumed by the Government of Kerala in 1971 under Kannan Devan Hill Produce Act 1971
- Government of Kerala declared the area as Eravikulam-Rajamala Wildlife Sanctuary in: 1975
- The highly endangered Nilgiri Tahr and its habitat is: Eravikulam National Park
- Eravikulam was elevated to a National Park in: 1978
- Area of Eravikulam National Park is: 97 Sq. Km.
- The highest peak in Eravikulam National Park: Anamudi (2695 m)
- The valley that splits the park roughly in half from northwest to southeast is: Turner’s valley
- The first tea in the High Ranges in 1890 was planted by: Sharp
- Eravikulam National Park is one of the six protected areas under: Munnar Wildlife Division
- Eravikulam National Park is known for: Nilgiri Tahr (Nilgiritragus hylocrius) and Neelakurinji (Strobilanthus kunthianum)
- Neelakurinji is a endemic shrub that flowers once in: 12 years
- The Anamudi peak is the habitat of an unique frog species called: Raorchestes resplendens
- The National Park is the catchment area of three rivers such as: Pambar, Periyar and Chalakkudy
- Eravikulam National Park is the prime attraction in Munnar.
- Tourist spot like Rajamala and the Lakkom waterfall are in: Eravikulam National Park
- Largest viable population of Nilgiri Tahr in the world is in: Eravikulam National Park
- The Muthuvan are the local tribes in: Eravikulam National Park
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