Gangotri National Park
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IUCN category II (national park)
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| Location | Uttarkashi District Uttarakhand, India |
| Nearest city | Uttarkashi |
| Coordinates | 31°38′N 79°33′E / 31.633°N 79.550°ECoordinates: 31°38′N 79°33′E / 31.633°N 79.550°E |
| Area | 2,390 km2 (920 sq mi) |
| Governing body | Forest Department of Uttarakhand government |
Gangotri National Park is a national park located in Uttarkashi District Uttarakhand, India. The size of this national park is about 2,390 square km. The park provides majestic beauty of coniferous forests and grandeur of glacial world combined with lush green meadows.
The park harbors Western Himalayan su conifer forests at lower elevations and Western Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows at higher elevations. Vegetation consist of chirpine deodar, fir, spruce, oak and rhododendrons.
So far 15 species of mammals and 150 bird species have been documented in the park (Paramanand et al. 2000). This includes some of the rare and charismatic species such as snow leopard (Uncia uncia), black bear (Selenarctos thibetanus), brown bear (Ursus arctos), musk deer (Moschus chrysogaster), blue sheep or bharal (Pseudois nayaur), Himalayan tahr (Hemitragus jemlahicus), Himalayan monal (Lophophorus impejanus), Koklass (Pucrasia macrolopha) and Himalayan snowcock (Tetraogallus himalayensis).
This park is home to the snow leopard, ibex, tahr, Himalayan barbet, serow, pheasants, partridges, doves, pigeons, etc.
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