The Namdapha National Park is located in the Changlang district of Arunachal Pradesh. Namdapha Tiger Reserve was declared in the year 1983 as the 15th Tiger Project of the country with a core area of 1808 Sq.Km and a buffer area of 177 Sq.Km. Namdapha is the name of a river which originates from Daphabum (Dapha is the name of hill, Bum means peak of hill) and meets Noa-Dehing river. This river flows right across in a North-South direction of the National Park and hence the name Namdapha has been given. It is located at the junction of the Indian Sub-Continent Bio-geographic region and the Indo-China Bio-geographic Region. As a result of this, an extensive diversity of flora and fauna is observed in this belt. The Biomes recognised are evergreen Forests, Moist deciduous forests, sub-tropical forests, Temperate Forests and Alpine vegetation. The unique geographical position, varied topography, high annual precipitation spreading throughout the year have made this virgin forest very rich in floral diversity wherein not a single species can be termed as the dominant species of the area.
Namdapha National Park & Tiger Reserve is widely known for its unique physical features of altitudinal variation from 200m to 4571m MSL due to which there is diversity in its floral and faunal components. It is probably the only PA in the world which harbors all four big cats in a single Protected Area i.e., Tiger, Leopard, Clouded leopard and Snow leopard exist in the same area in different niches because of the variation of forest types. Park assumes significance because of its location at tri-junction point of India, Myanmar and China.
The flora of Namdapha is unique, rich, dense and diverse in species composition. It supports several endemics that have evolved locally or have survived only because of protective natural barriers against the invaders. In the Phyto-geographical relationship and affinities, the flora of Namdapha show greater affinities with Indo-Malayan flora, although it also harbors the plants of other parts of India, neighbouring as well as far off places along with its own flora. On the basis of survey carried out by Botanical Survey of India, it is observed that there are 73 species of lichens, 59 species of Bryophytes, 112 species of Pteridophytes, 5species of Gymnosperms and 801species of Angiosperms found in this area.
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https://www.namdaphatigerreserve.org
