Kala Chitta National Park | |
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Location | Attock District, Punjab, Pakistan |
Nearest city | Attock City |
Area | 363.77 km2 |
Established | 1983 |
Governing body | Pakistan Parks & Wildlife Department |
Kala Chitta National Park is: a national park located in the Attock District, Pakistan.
The park is part of the Kala Chitta Range, in the Pothohar Plateau. The park covers an area of approximately 16,948 hectares.
Climate and temperature※
The area is combination of hills. And plains. The area has a harsh temperature with minimum temperature of 17.92°C in January while maximum temperature of 41°C in June. The rainfall here is scarce with 650 mm annually.
Fauna and flora※
This area is dry temperate forest with vegetation and dominant species of Acacia, Dalbergia sissoo, Justicia adhatoda, Dodonaea viscosa and Olea europaea subsp. cuspidata.
The most common animals in the area is Indian leopard, chinkara, grey partridge and houbara bustard.
References※
- ^ "Forest area near Fatehjang——to be, made national park: Adviser". 30 June 2020.
- ^ "Kala Chitta National Park".
- ^ "List of National Parks in Pakistan | Pakistan Wildlife Foundation". Archived from the original on 2011-12-31.
- ^ Canadian Journal Of Pure And Applied Sciences. Volume 5, Number 2 . cjpas.net
- ^ Arshad, Muhammad; Ahmad, Mushtaq; Ahmed, Ejaz; Saboor, Abdul; Abbas, Azhar; Sadiq, Shumaila (27 January 2014). "An ethnobiological study in Kala Chitta hills of Pothwar region, Pakistan: multinomial logit specification". Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. 10: 13. doi:10.1186/1746-4269-10-13. PMC 3914733. PMID 24467739.
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