Q. Consider the following pairs:

  1. Nokrek Biosphere reserve     :     Garo Hills
  2. (Loktak) Lake                          :     Barail Range
  3. Namdapha National Park      :     Dafla Hill

Which of the above pairs is/are correctly matched?

  • 1 only
  • 2 and 3 only
  • 1, 2 and 3
  • None

Answer: (a) 1 only

Nokrek Biosphere Reserve:
  • It is located in the Garo Hills district of Meghalaya.
  • The biosphere reserve derives its name from the Nokrek Hill, the highest peak of the Garo Hills.
  • The Nokrek National Park was added to the list of biosphere reserves by UNESCO in May 2009.
Loktak Lake:
  • It is a freshwater lake located in Manipur and is famous for the phumdis floating over it.
  • Keibul Lamjao National Park, the only floating national park in the world is situated on this lake.
  • The lake is divided into three zones – northern, central, and southern zones. 
Namdapha National Park:
  • It is located in the Changlang district of Arunachal Pradesh and finds a place between the Dapha bum range and the Patkai range.
  • Noa Dihing River crosses the national park from east to west.
  • It houses the world’s northernmost lowland evergreen rainforests, dipterocarp forests.
Garo Hills:
  • These are part of the Garo-Khasi range and are located in Meghalaya.
  • The Garo-Khasi range is part of the Meghalaya subtropical ecoregion and is one of the wettest places in the world.
  • Tura town located at the foothills of Tura peak is the largest town in the Garo Hills.
  • Nokrek National Park and the Balphakram National Park are also located here.
Barail Range:
  • It is a tertiary mountain range located in the Dima Hasao district of Assam, between the Brahmaputra and Barak basins.
  • It has Meghalaya on the west and Nagaland and Manipur on the east.
Dafla Hills:
  • It is located in Arunachal Pradesh and is bounded by the Abor range in the east and Aka hills on the west.
  • It is inhabited by the Dafla tribe.