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Hemis National Park is a high-elevation national park in Hemis in Leh district of Ladakh, India. It is approx. 50 km from Leh ,One of the capital of Ladakh ( Leh , Kargil ). Globally famous for its snow leopards , it is believed to have the highest density of them in any protected area in the world. [ 1 ]
Hemis National Park: Inhabited by a number of snow leopards, Hemis National Park is located at an elevation of around 3000 – 6000 m and is spread across more than 4000 km 2. Apart from being a home to many rare and endangered species of flora and fauna, this National Park is the second-largest protected area after Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve .
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India's first national park was established in 1936, now known as Jim Corbett National Park, in Uttarakhand. In 1970, India had only five national parks. In 1970, India had only five national parks. In 1972, India enacted the Wildlife Protection Act and Project Tiger in 1973 to safeguard the habitats of conservation reliant species and ...
Hemis National Park, Changthang Cold Desert Wildlife Sanctuary, and Karakorum Wildlife Sanctuary are protected wildlife areas of Ladakh. The Mountain Institute, the Ladakh Ecological Development Group and the Snow Leopard Conservancy work on ecotourism in rural Ladakh. For such an elevated, arid area, Ladakh has great diversity of birds — 318 ...
The Karakoram Wildlife Sanctuary, established in 1987, is managed by the Wildlife Warden in Kargil, Ladakh. It measures around 5,000 square kilometres (500,000 ha). It is classified as IUCN protected area (category IV) by the World Conservation Monitoring Centre.
Zorawar Fort is a fort in Leh, Ladakh, India built in 1836 for Wazir Zorawar Singh Kahluria, a military general of Dogra Rajput ruler Gulab Singh. [1] The fort once kept the wealth of the rulers of the Dogra dynasty and a museum at the fort currently preserves treasures of the rulers as well as coins and postage stamps.