Consider the following pairs: 1. Nokrek Biosphere Reserve: Garo Hills 2. Logtak (Loktak) Lake : Barail Range 3. Namdapha National Park : Dafia Hills Which of the above pairs is/are correctly matched?
Consider the following pairs: 1. Nokrek Biosphere Reserve: Garo Hills 2. Logtak (Loktak) Lake : Barail Range 3. Namdapha National Park : Dafia Hills Which of the above pairs is/are correctly matched? Correct Answer 1 only
The correct answer is Nokrek Biosphere Reserve: Garo Hills.
NOKREK BIOSPHERE RESERVE:
- It is located in the Garo Hills district of Meghalaya.
- The biosphere reserve derives its name from the Nokrek Hill, the highest peak of the Garo Hills.
- The Nokrek National Park was added to the list of biosphere reserves by UNESCO in May 2009.
LOKTAK LAKE:
- It is a freshwater lake located in Manipur and is famous for the phumdis floating over it.
- Keibul Lamjao National Park, the only floating national park in the world is situated on this lake.
- The lake is divided into three zones - northern, central, and southern zones.
NAMDAPHA NATIONAL PARK:
- It is located in the Changlang district of Arunachal Pradesh and finds a place between the Dapha bum range and the Patkai range.
- Noa Dihing River crosses the national park from east to west.
- It houses the world's northernmost lowland evergreen rainforests, dipterocarp forests.
GARO HILLS:
- These are part of the Garo-Khasi range and are located in Meghalaya.
- The Garo-Khasi range is part of the Meghalaya subtropical ecoregion and is one of the wettest places in the world.
- Tura town located at the foothills of Tura peak is the largest town in the Garo Hills.
- Nokrek National Park and the Balphakram National Park are also located here.
BARAIL RANGE:
- It is a tertiary mountain range located in the Dima Hasao district of Assam, between the Brahmaputra and Barak basins.
- It has Meghalaya on the west and Nagaland and Manipur on the east.
DAFLA HILLS:
- It is located in Arunachal Pradesh and is bounded by the Abor range in the east and Aka hills on the west.
- It is inhabited by the Dafla tribe.
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