Keibul Lamjao National Park

 

Keibul Lamjao National Park

It is the world’s only floating national park.

Location:

·       It is located in the Bishnupur district in Manipur.

·       The park is located in the southwestern part of the famous Loktak Lake, which is well known for the floating biomass called phumdis.

·       This is the last natural habitat of the endangered brow-antlered deer(Sangai deer), the dancing deer of Manipur.

Vegetation:

·       The park is a combination of wetland, terrestrial and aquatic

Flora:

·       It comprises of Saccharum munja (Khoimom), Zizania latifolia (Wild Rice) (Ishing kambong), Eiranthus procerus (Singnang), bengalensis, Cynodon dactylon (Tinthou), Discorea bulbifera (Phumha) etc.

·       Another kind of aquatic flora, phumdis, can be found in two types phumdi aruppa (sinking) and phumdi ataoba (floating).

Fauna:

Includes Wild boar, Hog deer, common otter, Large Indian jungle cat, fox, Bay bamboo rat, golden cat, etc.


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