Kalpana Kalpana (Editor)

Saiful Muluk National Park

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Area
  
880 km²

Province
  
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Phone
  
+92 331 8583393

Saiful Muluk National Park

Address
  
Saiful Muluk Road, Pakistan

Similar
  
Lulusar‑Dudipatsar National Park, Lake Saiful Muluk, Chitral National Park, Khunjerab National Park, Hindu Kush

Saiful Muluk National Park is located in the Naran Valley in Mansehra District of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, in northern Pakistan. The park was created in 2003. The scenic Saif ul Maluk Lake is in the park.

Contents

Flora and fauna

The flora includes the trees, shrubs, perennials, and herbs of the Himalayan Western Himalayan subalpine conifer forests and higher elevation Western Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows ecoregions.

Some of the park's fauna includes the snow leopard, asiatic black bear, marmot, weasel, eurasian lynx, indian leopard, Himalayan snowcock, and the snow partridge. The park's lakes and wetlands habitats are of significant ecological importance for resident fauna and migratory waterfowl.

Region

Lulusar-Dudipatsar National Park, with Lulusar Lake and Dudipatsar Lake, is adjacent to Saiful Muluk National Park in the Kaghan Valley—Naran Valley region. Together the parks protect 88,000 hectares (220,000 acres).

References

Saiful Muluk National Park Wikipedia