Sankri

Flora & fauna — Govind Pashu Vihar National Park and Sanctuary

This place lies within Govind Pashu Vihar National Park and Sanctuary.

Flora The sanctuary contains western Himalayan broadleaf forests at its lowest elevations, transitioning to western Himalayan subalpine conifer forests and western Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows at its highest elevations. Trees present in the lower parts of the sanctuary include chir pine, deodar cedar, oak and other deciduous species. At altitudes over about 2,600 m (8,500 ft), common species include conifers such as blue pine, silver fir, spruce, yew, and deciduous species such as oak, maple, walnut, horse chestnut, hazel and rhododendron. Fauna There are about fifteen species of large mammal in the sanctuary as well as about one hundred and fifty species of bird. This is the place from which the Indian Government has inaugurated the Snow Leopard Project. This project aims to provide special conservation measures to protect the snow leopard. This endangered predator is threatened by the decline in wild animals on which to prey, by being poached for its skin and body parts, and by being killed by farmers to protect their livestock. Other mammals found in the sanctuary includ…

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Terrain & setting

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