Mudumalai National Park is a protected area in the Nilgiri Mountains of Tamil Nadu, India, covering about 321 square kilometers at elevations between 850 and 1,250 meters and bordering both Karnataka and Kerala. It has been under protection since 1940, joined the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve in 1986, and was declared a tiger reserve in 2007 with an additional 368 square kilometer buffer zone. Its moist broadleaf forest supports nearly 500 recorded plant species, more than 260 bird species, and a range of carnivores and herbivores, drained by the Moyar River and its tributaries.
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Designation Category Established Year Area (sq km) Governing BodyTamil Nadu Forest Department 1 Classification
Governance TypeGovernance by Government 1 International DesignationUNESCO Biosphere Reserve 1 Sources
1. Mudumalai National Park (Wikipedia)
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Mudumalai National Park is a national park in the Nilgiri Mountains in Tamil Nadu in southern India.
Wikipedia infobox, governing_body field
Tamil Nadu Forest Department
entity-description, international-designation unesco-biosphere-reserve
It has been under protection since 1940, joined the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve in 1986, and was declared a tiger reserve in 2007 with an additional 368 square kilometer buffer zone.
Wikipedia infobox, governance-type government
Tamil Nadu Forest Department
View the Source 2. Wikidata: Mudumalai National Park
- Wikidata Q2372700, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
- Wikidata P2046 (area), preferred/latest rank
- Wikidata P31 (instance of) = Q46169
- Wikidata Q2372700 P571 inception
- Part Of: India, Wikidata item, property P17 (country)
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