Great Himalayan National Park

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UNESCO World Heritage Site national park protected area

Great Himalayan National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Himachal Pradesh, India, renowned for its high-altitude ecosystems, rich biodiversity, and extensive trekking and wildlife habitats in the western Himalayas.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Great Himalayan National Park (regionally nearby, not directly contiguous) 1
Great Himalayan National Park Conservation Area 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
national park ⓘ
protected area ⓘ
area approximately 75,400 hectares ⓘ
approximately 754 square kilometres ⓘ
bufferZone ecozone with traditional villages ⓘ
climate cold temperate to alpine ⓘ
conservationStatus strictly protected core zone (no permanent settlements inside core) ⓘ
contains Sainj Valley ⓘ
surface form: Jiwanal Valley

Parbati River ⓘ
surface form: Parvati River catchment areas

Sainj Valley ⓘ
Tirthan Valley ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country India ⓘ
ecosystemType alpine meadows ⓘ
permanent snow and ice ⓘ
subalpine forest ⓘ
temperate forest ⓘ
elevationRange about 1,500 metres to over 6,000 metres above sea level ⓘ
established 1984 ⓘ
governingBody Himachal Pradesh Forest Department ⓘ
habitatOf Himalayan brown bear ⓘ
Himalayan monal ⓘ
Himalayan tahr ⓘ
blue sheep ⓘ
cheer pheasant ⓘ
musk deer ⓘ
snow leopard ⓘ
western tragopan ⓘ
IUCNCategory II ⓘ
knownFor high-altitude ecosystems ⓘ
rich biodiversity ⓘ
trekking routes ⓘ
wildlife habitats ⓘ
locatedIn Himachal Pradesh ⓘ
Kullu ⓘ
surface form: Kullu district

western Himalayas ⓘ
nearestCity Kullu ⓘ
nearestTown Banjar ⓘ
Sainj ⓘ
partOf Great Himalayan National Park self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Great Himalayan National Park Conservation Area
primaryActivities mountain expeditions ⓘ
trekking ⓘ
wildlife viewing ⓘ
recognizedFor conservation of Western Himalayan biodiversity ⓘ
riverSystem Sainj River ⓘ
Tirthan River ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (ix) ecological processes ⓘ
(x) biodiversity ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageDesignationYear 2014 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pin Valley National Park → adjacentTo → Great Himalayan National Park ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Himalayan National Park (regionally nearby, not directly contiguous)
Himachal Pradesh → hasNationalPark → Great Himalayan National Park ⓘ
Kullu → hasNearbyNationalPark → Great Himalayan National Park ⓘ
northern India → hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Great Himalayan National Park ⓘ
subject surface form: Northern India
Great Himalayan National Park → partOf → Great Himalayan National Park self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Himalayan National Park Conservation Area
Himalayas → protectedAreas → Great Himalayan National Park ⓘ