https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Grass_Hills_National_ParkGrass Hills National Park - Revision history2026-08-19T15:59:39ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.43.6https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Grass_Hills_National_Park&diff=205643&oldid=prev>Ypatch at 07:44, 31 May 20212021-05-31T07:44:07Z<p></p>
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[[File:Grass Hills National Park.jpg|thumb|Trek route to Silvemedu peak in the GHNP, Valparai.]]<br />
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'''Grass Hills National Park''' is a protected area in the [[Western Ghats]], [[India]], and a part of the [[Anamalai Tiger Reserve]], forming its boundary with [[Eravikulam National Park]] in neighbouring Kerala state. It is not an actual National Park.<ref>{{Cite web|title=National Parks|url=http://wiienvis.nic.in/Database/npa_8231.aspx|access-date=2021-05-31|website=wiienvis.nic.in}}</ref> It spreads over 65,000 hectares.<ref>{{Cite web|title=BirdLife Data Zone|url=http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/grass-hills-iba-india|access-date=2021-05-31|website=datazone.birdlife.org}}</ref> The landscape is a combination of peaks and high plateaus above {{Convert|2000|m|ft|abbr=}} [[Mean Sea Level|MSL]] composed of montane [[shola]]-grassland ecosystem that is unique to the higher ranges of the Western Ghats of Kerala and Tamil Nadu.<br />
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The important peaks are, Attuparai kurukku top(6662&nbsp;ft), Oosi malai Theri, kazhuku chutti malai, silve medu. It is primarily a shola grassland eco system.<br />
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[[Category:National parks in Tamil Nadu]]<br />
[[Category:South Western Ghats montane rain forests]]<br />
[[Category:Wildlife sanctuaries of the Western Ghats]]<br />
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