🌲 Periyar National Park

India · Asia · National Park · 9.58°N, 77.18°E

Periyar National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary (PNP) is a protected area located in the districts of Idukki and Pathanamthitta in Kerala, India. It is a renowned elephant and tiger reserve. The protected area encompasses 925 km2 (357 mi2), of which 350.54 km2 (135.34 mi2) of the main zone was declared as the Periyar National Park in 1982. The park is a repository of rare, endemic, and endangered flora and fauna and forms the major watershed of two important rivers of Kerala: the Periyar and the Pamba.

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Quick facts

Country	India
Continent / region	Asia
Protection type	🌲 National Park
Coordinates (approx.)	9.58°N, 77.18°E · view on map

Periyar National Park is a national park in India, in Asia. The details of why Periyar National Park is ecologically important are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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