Location:
Sikkim
Rivers:
Teesta
Details:
Climate: Varies with altitude, aspect
Flora:
Forest Type: Sub-tropical broad leaved hill forest, Himalayan wet temperate forest, and temperate broad leaved forest, mixed coniferous forest, sub-alpine a forests and dry alpine forest
Endemic Flora: Anemone, Uvaria, Sikkim Rhododendron, Sikkim Mahonia
Fauna:
Endemic Fauna: Tibetan sheep, Musk deer, Monal pheasant, Snow patridge
Protected areas:
Kanchenjunga National Park
Note:
India’s first Mixed Heritage Site
