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Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve is a biosphere reserve located in the Western Himalayas, within Himachal Pradesh in North India. It was established as a biosphere reserve in August 2009. [ 1 ] Biosphere reserves are the areas of terrestrial and coastal ecosystems which promote the conservation of biodiversity with its sustainable use.
The park is located in the desert habitat of the Spiti Valley, within the Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve, in the Himalayas region. [2] Spreading south of Dhankar Gompa near the Tibetan border to Bhaba Valley of Kinnaur, the park marks the border between the formerly separate districts of Lahaul and Spiti and Kinnaur. The elevation of the park ...
The Changthang Wildlife Sanctuary (or the Changthang Cold Desert Wildlife Sanctuary) is a high-altitude wildlife sanctuary located in the Ladakhi adjunct of the Changthang plateau in the Changthang District of the union territory of Ladakh.
Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve: Uttarakhand: 2004 5 Nokrek Biosphere Reserve: Meghalaya: 2009 6 Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve: Madhya Pradesh: 2009 7 Simlipal Biosphere Reserve: Odisha: 2009 8 Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve: Andaman & Nicobar Islands: 2013 9 Achanakmar-Amarkantak Biosphere Reserve: Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh: 2012 [2] 10 ...
North Tibetan Plateau-Kunlun Mountains alpine desert: Jammu and Kashmir: Montane grasslands and shrublands: Palearctic: North Deccan dry deciduous forests: Chhattisgarh: Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests: Indomalayan: Odisha: South Deccan Plateau dry deciduous forests: Karnataka: Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests ...
Cold Desert (biosphere reserve) T. Thar Desert This page was last edited on 21 January 2025, at 23:39 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
Part of Kali Tiger Reserve: Great hornbill, tiger, leopard, black panther, bear, elephant. Kali River (Karnataka) Bandipur National Park: Dry deciduous forest is dominant. Also include moist deciduous forests and shrublands. It is part of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve Invasive Alien Species - Lantana bush, Parthenium
The park was founded in 1981 by protecting the Rumbak and Markha catchments, an area of about 600 km 2 (230 sq mi). It grew in 1988 to around 3,350 km 2 (1,290 sq mi), by incorporating neighbouring lands, [2] before increasing in 1990 to 4,400 km 2 (1,700 sq mi), [3] and is the largest national park in South Asia.