Previous Year Question

The Valley of Flowers National Park is located in the high mountainous region of the Western Himalayas in the Chamoli district of Uttarakhand.

The park lies entirely within the temperate-alpine and alpine environment and is famous for its extensive meadows of Himalayan flowers.

The principal part of the park is situated in the valley of the Pushpawati River and is surrounded by high snow-covered mountains and glaciers.

The region remains covered with snow for most of the year. After the snow melts, numerous flowers bloom in the alpine meadows during the summer and monsoon months.

Himalayan blue poppy, brahma kamal, primula, anemone, potentilla and several medicinal and endemic plants occur here.

Its fauna includes the snow leopard, Himalayan musk deer, bharal, Himalayan tahr and various high-Himalayan birds.

The Valley of Flowers was declared a national park in 1982.

Together with Nanda Devi National Park, it forms part of the Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Parks UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Manas National Park is located in the Himalayan foothills of Assam.

Manas contains alluvial grasslands and tropical and subtropical forests; therefore, it does not lie completely within the temperate-alpine zone.

Namdapha National Park is a protected area with a very wide altitudinal range in Arunachal Pradesh.

Namdapha contains several climatic zones, ranging from low-altitude tropical evergreen forests to temperate, subalpine and alpine vegetation; therefore, it is not entirely alpine.

Neora Valley National Park is situated in the Eastern Himalayas in the Kalimpong district of West Bengal.

Its vegetation changes with altitude from subtropical forests to temperate and subalpine vegetation; therefore, it also does not lie completely within the temperate-alpine zone.