South Rimo Glacier

Flora & fauna — Karakoram Wildlife Sanctuary

This place lies within Karakoram Wildlife Sanctuary.

Ecology Being a cold desert area, the vegetation in Karakoram Wildlife Sanctuary is quite sparse. However, the ecological marginal conditions have employed some remarkable characteristics in these vegetation, which has high medicinal properties. Flora This Wildlife Sanctuary has been extensively surveyed by Chandra Prakash Kala for distribution of vegetation, including plants of medicinal values, across the environmental gradient and habitat types. Fifteen rare and endangered medicinal plant species have been discovered by CP Kala from this sanctuary, which are distributed over different habitat types. Arnebia euchroma, Bergenia stracheyi, Ephedra gerardiana, and Hyoscymus Niger are the threatened but medicinally important plants occur in this wildlife sanctuary. Fauna The Karakoram Wildlife Sanctuary's fauna includes the elusive snow leopard, Siberian ibex, and bharal (blue sheep). It also hosts other high-altitude species like the Tibetan argali, Tibetan gazelle, Urial sheep, and wild yak. The Tibetan antelope (chiru) is also found here, as are several bird species like the bla…

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Terrain & setting

slope & aspect are approximate, estimated from the elevation model.