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| Periyar National Park |
Periyar National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary is a protected area near Thekkady in the district of Idukki, Kottayam and Pathanamthitta in Kerala, India.It is notable as an elephant reserve and a tiger reserve.The protected area covers an area of 925 km2(357 sq mi).305 km2 (118 sq mi) of the core zone was declared as the Periyar National Park in 1982. 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 Pamba andthe Periyar. The park is being adorned with a picturesque lake at the heart of the sanctuary which is an artificial 100 years old lake at Thekkady and is basically known for its wild elephants and thickly established Western Ghats forests. Many of the intense valleys of Periyar contain tropical evergreen forest with extremely thick tree cover with hardly any sun-rays to get penetrated. These trees are fully grown at the amazing heights of up to 130-140 feet. Some of the areas in the park contain marshy grasslands near the edges of the lake and other water bodies. Spread out across the park are also patches of semi-evergreen forest used as important cover by many of the animal species.
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