{"id":4473,"date":"2026-03-10T11:32:04","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T06:02:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=4473"},"modified":"2026-03-11T15:27:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T09:57:27","slug":"silent-valley-national-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/silent-valley-national-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Silent Valley National Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Silent Valley National Park Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, a comprehensive bird survey conducted in Silent Valley National Park documented 192 bird species.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Silent Valley National Park<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Location:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is located along the <\/span><b>southwest corner of the Nilgiris<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in South India, in the State <\/span><b>of Kerala.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is one of the last undisturbed tracts of <\/span><b>tropical rainforest in India.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It constitutes the centerpiece of the <\/span><b>Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, sanctified as a <\/span><b>World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2012.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The altitude of the park varies between 658 to 2383 meters.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>River:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is nourished by the <\/span><b>Kunthipuzha River<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Vegetation:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It has four types of vegetation \u201cWest Coast <\/span><b>tropical evergreen forest<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, southern sub-<\/span><b>tropical broad-leaved hill forest<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>montane wet temperature forest<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and grasslands.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Flora:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The flora of the valley includes about 1000 species of <\/span><b>flowering plants<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, 107 species of orchids, 100 ferns and fern allies, 200 liverworts, 75 lichens, and about 200 algae.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Plants of high medicinal value as well as the towering <\/span><b>Culinea trees<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are also found here.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Fauna:\u00a0 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">famous for its population of <\/span><b>lion-tailed macaques<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>Nilgiri langur, Malabar giant squirrel<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Indian elephant, tiger, leopard, and gaur (Indian bison).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/kerala\/bird-survey-in-silent-valley-records-192-species\/article70722884.ece\/amp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Silent Valley National Park is located along the southwest corner of the Nilgiris in South India, in the State of Kerala. 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