Valley of Flowers National Park

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Valley of Flowers National Park is a park in the Himalayan area. The park is home to tahr, snow leopard, musk deer, red fox, common langur, bharal, serow, Himalayan black bear and a huge variety of butterflies.

Flowers, mostly orchids, poppies, primulas, calendulas, daisies and anemones carpet the ground. Alpine forests of birch and rhododendron cover parts of the park's area.

Year	Decision	Comments
1988	Inscribed	Reasons for inscription

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Rob Wilson (Japan): Whilst the Nanda Devi national park is actually off-limits at the moment, they are many places where you can get a view of this truly astonishing mountain. Without question she is the most beautiful of the Indian Himalayan peaks.

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• Valley of Flowers National Park
• Country: India
• Year: 1988
• Natural Heritage
  Criteria:  9 10
• Category: Natural landscape, Mountain
• Connections: Highest (over 5000m) . Himalaya . World Biosphere Reserves . World Heritage Forest Programme . Goddesses . Glaciers .
  
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