Q. Consider the following pairs:
- Nokrek Biosphere reserve : Garo Hills
- (Loktak) Lake : Barail Range
- 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.