Periyar TR
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Overview
Periyar Tiger Reserve in Kerala surrounds the Periyar lake in the Cardamom hills. It is rated among the best-managed reserves in management effectiveness evaluations.
It lies in Idukki and Pathanamthitta districts around the Periyar lake behind the Mullaperiyar dam.
It became a tiger reserve in 1978.
It is known for elephants and community-based ecotourism.
It covers about 925 sq km according to the NTCA list.
Boat rides on the lake allow visitors to see elephants and gaur at the water's edge.
Former poachers were turned into forest guides in its ecodevelopment programme.
The Periyar river rises in its hills.
Geography and key facts
- Kerala
- Cardamom hills
- Well-managed
- Periyar lake
- Tiger reserve 1978
- Ecotourism
Why it matters for UPSC
Asked on tiger reserves.
Note for UPSC
Kerala; around the Periyar lake in the Cardamom hills.
Prelims often asks park–state pairs, the rivers flowing through a park and its flagship species.
Asked in PYQs
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Key facts
- Type
- National park / tiger reserve
- State / UT
- Kerala
- Coordinates
- 9.578°N, 77.180°E
From the Map Explorer data; positions are for orientation.
In the lessons
- Climate, Soils and Natural Vegetation (map lesson)
- Natural Vegetation and Biogeography of India (map lesson)
- Ecology, Biodiversity and Protected Areas (map lesson)
- Wildlife Conservation: Protected Areas, Laws and Species Projects (map lesson)
- Biodiversity: Levels, Hotspots, Threats and Global Frameworks (map lesson)
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