GK
INDIAN GEOGRAPHY
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Kerala
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Assam
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Tamil Nadu
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Arunachal Pradesh
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Silent Valley National Park situated in the north-eastern corner of Palakkad district, rises abruptly to the Nilgiri plateau in the north and overlooks the plains of Mannarkkad in the south. Most of the park lies within the altitude range of 880 m to 1200 m.
Detailed explanation-2: -When an Englishman, who discovered this virgin forest in colonial times, found that that there was no white noise of the cicadas after dark, common in other forested areas, he renamed it the Silent Valley. Silent Valley is one of India’s few rainforests.
Detailed explanation-3: -Silent Valley Movement was a movement against the state to protect Silent valley, an evergreen tropical forest in the Palakkad district of Kerala, India.
Detailed explanation-4: -Located in the Northeast corner of Palakkad district, the valley constitutes the centerpiece of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve and was named a World Heritage site by UNESCO in 2012.