Identify the National parks from the given hints: A. It was considered a hunting ground for the Maharajas of Jaipur. B. This national park is located at the junction of Aravali and Vindhya mountain ranges. C. Padam Talao, ruins of Rajbagh and Trinetra Ganesh Temple are the major tourist attractions. D. Lakarda and Anantapur regions located in this national park are famous for ant hills and sloths feeding on them.
Identify the National parks from the given hints: A. It was considered a hunting ground for the Maharajas of Jaipur. B. This national park is located at the junction of Aravali and Vindhya mountain ranges. C. Padam Talao, ruins of Rajbagh and Trinetra Ganesh Temple are the major tourist attractions. D. Lakarda and Anantapur regions located in this national park are famous for ant hills and sloths feeding on them. Correct Answer Ranthambore National Park
Option 2 is the correct answer: The given hints are about the Ranthambore National Park.
All of the given national parks are located in the state of Rajasthan.
Ranthambore National Park:
- Located in Sawai Madhopur, Rajasthan, Ranthambore National Park spans an area of around 1300 square kilometres.
- It was declared as a tiger reserve in 1973 under the GoI Project Tiger.
- In addition to the above-given attractions, Kachida valley is another tourist attraction located on the outskirts of this national Park.
- This region is famous for the population of panthers, sloths and Anthills.
- Tiger is the key species of this national park, other than which Hyena, Sambar, Nilgai, Wildboar, mugger crocodile, macaque and langurs are also found.
- River Chambal and its tributary Banas also flows through this national park.
Keoladeo National Park:
- Formerly known as Bharatpur bird sanctuary, it was declared as a UNESCO world heritage site back in 1985.
- It is a man made wetland, created when a natural depression was flooded after the construction of a bund on the confluence of the Rivers Gambhir and Banganga.
- The bund was constructed during the tenure of Raja Suraj Singh.
- This wetland is the only wintering area of the Siberian Crane in India.
Desert National Park:
- It is a UNESCO World Heritage site (1980) and covers a vast area of around 3162km2.
- It is the second-largest national park of India after Hemis National Park.
- The national park is a dry area with sparse vegetation.
- It is the only place where state bird, state animal, state tree and state flower of Rajasthan can naturally be found.
- Great Indian bustard is the key species found here.
Mukundra Hills National Park:
- Mukundra Hills National Park or Darrah National Park was initially a wildlife sanctuary which was upgraded to National Park in 2004.
- Mukundra and Gargola ranges run parallel to each other and bound this national park on two sides.
- It is also bounded by Ramzan, Ahu, Kali and Chambal rivers.
- Panther, Sloth Bear, Leopard, Antelope, Sambar and Nilgai are the major fauna species.
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