NATIONAL PARKS IN KERALA

NATIONAL PARKS IN KERALA

1.     Eravikulam National Park:

a.       Eravikulam National Park is the biggest National Park in Kerala

b.      situated in the Devikulam taluk of Idukki district

c.      It was declared a wildlife sanctuary in 1975 and was notified as a National Park in 1978

2.     Silent Valley National Park :

a.      Notified as a National Park in 1984

b.     Situated in Palakkad district

c.      The Lion-tailed Macaque are the endangered specious found here

3.     Mathikettan Shola:

a.      Declared as National Park in November, 2003.

b.     Pooppara village in Idukki district

4.     Anamudi Shola:

a.      The Anamudi Shola National Park constitutes the Mannavan shola, Idivara shola and Pullardi shola

5.     Pampadum Shola :

a.      The smallest National Park in the state

b.     Notified as a National Park in 2004

c.      This park is situated in the Marayoor village of Idukki district

IMPORTANT NATIONAL PARK IN INDIA

Name	State	Note
Jim Corbett National Park,	Uttarakhand	first
Kaziranga National Park	Assam
Bandipur National Park	Karnataka
Sunderbans National Park	West Bengal
Neora Valley National Park	West Bengal
Valley of Flowers National Park	Uttarakhand
Mahatma Gandhi Marine National Park (previously : Wandur National Park)	Andaman and Nicobar
Gir National Park	Gujarat
Salim Ali National Park	Jammu and Kashmir
Rajiv Gandhi National Park (prev: Nagarhole National Park)	Karnataka
Gulf of Kachchh Marine National Park	Gujarat
Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park	Tamil nadu
Indira Gandhi National Park (prev: Annamalai National Park)	Tamil nadu
Mount Abu Wildlife Sanctuary	Rajasthan