Silent Valley National Park

Silent Valley National Park Latest News

Recently, a comprehensive bird survey conducted in Silent Valley National Park documented 192 bird species.

About Silent Valley National Park

• Location: It is located along the southwest corner of the Nilgiris in South India, in the State of Kerala.
• It is one of the last undisturbed tracts of tropical rainforest in India. 
• It constitutes the centerpiece of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, sanctified as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2012.
• The altitude of the park varies between 658 to 2383 meters. 
• River: It is nourished by the Kunthipuzha River.
• Vegetation: It has four types of vegetation “West Coast tropical evergreen forest, southern sub-tropical broad-leaved hill forest, montane wet temperature forest, and grasslands.
• Flora: The flora of the valley includes about 1000 species of flowering plants, 107 species of orchids, 100 ferns and fern allies, 200 liverworts, 75 lichens, and about 200 algae.
  • Plants of high medicinal value as well as the towering Culinea trees are also found here. 
• Fauna:  It is famous for its population of lion-tailed macaques, Nilgiri langur, Malabar giant squirrel, Indian elephant, tiger, leopard, and gaur (Indian bison).

Source: TH

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