National Park
Satpura
India
IndiaBengal Tiger · Gaur
November to March
See parkSaved from being flooded by a hydroelectric project in the 1970s through one of the first great environmental campaigns of independent India
Area
89 km²
Protection category
IUCN II
Parque nacional —
Designated in
1984
Declared in 1984, Silent Valley owes its existence to one of the first great victories of the environmental movement in independent India: in the 1970s a government hydroelectric dam project that would have flooded the valley was stopped after years of campaigning by scientists, writers and activists, culminating in the personal decision of the then prime minister Indira Gandhi to cancel the project in 1983 and declare the area protected the following year.
Ecosystems found in India, where Silent Valley lies.
Which other parks are like this one?
Same country: India
Same country: India
Same country: India
Same country: India
Based on what we already know about this park.
Region
South Asia (Kerala)
Climate
Tropical, Arid / desert, Polar / cold, Mountain
Best season
November to March
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Endemic species of India:
