Consider the following statements about a national park 1 It is located in mountainous Western Ghats...........

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Consider the following statements about a national park

1) It is located in mountainous Western Ghats of Kerala.

2) The park forms the major watershed of two important rivers of Kerala the Periyar and Pamba.

3) It lies in the middle of a mountainous area of the Cardamom Hills.

Identify the name of the National Park

Periyar National Park

Pampadum Shola National Park

Bandipur National Park

Nagarhole National Park

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Explanation:

1st option is correct.
• Periyar National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary (PNP) is a protected area near Thekkady in the districts of Idukki, Kottayam and Pathanamthitta in Kerala, India. It is notable as an elephant reserve and a tiger reserve.
• The park is a repository of rare, endemic and endangered flora and fauna and forms the major watershed of two important rivers of Kerala, the Periyar and the Pamba.
• It is located high in the Cardamom Hills and Pandalam Hills of the south Western Ghats along the border with Tamil Nadu.
• In 2017, A cost-effective ‘video surveillance-cum-communication enhancer intranet network,’ which can monitor animal movements and forest areas real time, has been installed in the reserve.
• The system can be used for anti-poaching operations, behaviour studies of animals in their natural habitats and videoconferencing with the field staff out in the forest. If all the anti-poaching camp sheds established in the interior forests are linked to the network, surveillance could be made effective.