Saiful_Muluk_National_Park

Saiful Muluk National Park

Saiful Muluk National Park

National park in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Saiful Muluk National Park (Urdu: سیف الملوک نیشنل پارک) is situated in the Kaghan Valley within the Mansehra District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The park was officially declared in 2003,[1] and is centred upon the alpine Saiful Muluk Lake.

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Saif ul Maluk Lake and alpine valley, at Saiful Muluk National Park.

Flora and fauna

The flora includes the trees, shrubs, perennials, and herbs of the Himalayan Western Himalayan subalpine conifer forests and higher elevation Western Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows ecoregions.[1]

Some of the park's fauna includes the snow leopard, Asiatic black bear, marmot, weasel, eurasian lynx, Indian leopard, Himalayan snowcock, and the snow partridge. The park's lakes and wetlands habitats are of significant ecological importance for resident fauna and migratory waterfowl.[1]

Region

Lulusar-Dudipatsar National Park, with Lulusar Lake and Dudipatsar Lake, is adjacent to Saiful Muluk National Park in the Kaghan Valley region. Together the parks protect 88,000 hectares (220,000 acres).[1]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Government of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa: Saiful Malook & Lulusar-Dodipat National Park, Naran, District Mansehra. Archived 2011-05-09 at the Wayback Machine

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