List of National Parks in Kerala - Study Notes

Important National Parks -geographical features,wild life and animals,topograpy etc


    Eravikulam National Park

• Located along the Western Ghats in the Idukki district of Kerala 
• Anamudi, the highest peak in south India is inside this park. 
• Eravikulam National Park which has the highest density and largest surviving population of Nilgiri tahr .

    Periyar National Park

• It is a protected area in the districts of Idukki and Pathanamthitta in Kerala, declared as the Periyar National Park in 1982.
• It is notable as an elephant reserve and a tiger reserve. 
• Located high in the Cardamom Hills and Pandalam Hills of the southern Western Ghats along the border with Tamil Nadu.
• The Periyar and Pamba Rivers originate in the forests of the reserve

    Anamudi Shola National Park

• It is a  protected area located along the Western Ghats in Idukki District,

    Silent Valley National Park

•  It is located in the Nilgiri Hills, in Palakkad district.
• Silent Valley has largest population of lion-tailed macaques, an endangered species of primate.
• The British named the area 'Silent Valley' because of a perceived absence of noisy cicadas.

    Pampadum Shola National Park

• Smallest national park in Kerala.
• The name´"Pampadum Shola" means, "the forest where the snake dances".

    Mathikettan Shola National Park

• It is in Poopara village of Udumbanchola taluk in Idukki district.
• The name Mathikettan derives from the Tamil word literally meaning 'mind confuser', as the local people say that one forgets the path once he enters into the park.

     Karimpuzha National Park

•  It is located in the Nilgiri Hills, in Palakkad district.