Dachigam National Park:

• It is one of the most important protected area in Jammu and Kashmir because it is home to the world’s last viable Hangul population.
• It also serves as a natural habitat for several threatened and endangered species.
• Dachigam is a mountainous region with crystalline rocks. The Dachigam National Park is roughly rectangular, 22.5 km long and 8 km wide, and covers nearly half of Dal Lake’s catchment area.
• Dachigam is close to Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, and it attracts many tourists in the summer due to its natural beauty.
• Ecosystem services such as water purification, soil conservation, and landscape stability provide additional economic benefits.

Location: Area of 141 sq. kms

• Dachigam is located 22 km away from Srinagar – jammu kashmir.
• Located high in its interiors is the Marsar lake from which flows the river Dagwan.
• The park encompasses nearly half of the catchment zone of the famous Dal Lake and is home to a surplus of threatened species.
• It is located between the coordinates 34° 05’N – 34° 11’N and 74° 54’E -7S 09′, and falls under the civil jurisdiction of Srinagar (jammu kashmir).
• It is in the Zanskar mountain range of the Northwest Himalayan biogeographic zone.

Source: ForumIAS