Mouling National Park UPSC

  • Mouling National Park is located in the Upper Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh, India.
  • It is is situated in the Adi Hills of the Eastern Himalayas.
  • In 1982, the Government of Arunachal Pradesh declared the area as a wildlife sanctuary and later upgraded it to the status of a national park.
  • In 1998, Dihang-Dibang Biosphere Reserve was designated. The park is forming the western part of the reserve.
  • Area: The park spans an approximate area of 483 square kilometers (186 square miles).
  • Hills:
    • Adi Hills
    • Mount Mouling
  • River: The park is located in the right bank of river Siang river.
  • Waterfall:
    • Dabung Waterfall
    • Nirbung Waterfall
  • Tribe:
    • Adi Tribe
  • Flora: Broadleaf Trees (oak, magnolia, maple, rhododendron, and chestnut), Coniferous Trees (spruce, fir, and pine), Medicinal Plants (Taxus baccata, Aconitum spicatum, and Picrorhiza kurroa), Orchids, Bamboo, Ferns and Mosses etc.
  • Fauna: Clouded Leopard, Red Panda, Hoolock Gibbons, Wild Buffalo, Leopard, Elephant, Hog Deer, Takin, Golden Langoor, Serrow, Himalayan, Asiatic Black Bear, White-winged Wood Duck, Chestnut-breasted Hill Partridge, Sultan Tit, Monal Scalater etc.
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