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Hemis National Park, the Glossary

Hemis National Park is a high-elevation national park in Hemis in Leh district of Ladakh, India.^[1]

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1981 establishments in Jammu and Kashmir
Geography of Ladakh
National parks in Ladakh
Tourism in Ladakh

Apex predator

An apex predator, also known as a top predator or superpredator, is a predator at the top of a food chain, without natural predators of its own.

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Argali

The argali (Ovis ammon), also known as the mountain sheep, is a wild sheep that roams the highlands of western East Asia, the Himalayas, Tibet, and the Altai Mountains.

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Bearded vulture

The bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus), also known as the lammergeier and ossifrage, is a very large bird of prey in the monotypic genus Gypaetus.

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Bharal

The bharal (Pseudois nayaur), also called the blue sheep, is a caprine native to the high Himalayas.

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Birch

A birch is a thin-leaved deciduous hardwood tree of the genus Betula, in the family Betulaceae, which also includes alders, hazels, and hornbeams.

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Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves, characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight skeleton.

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Bird of prey

Birds of prey or predatory birds, also known as raptors, are hypercarnivorous bird species that actively hunt and feed on other vertebrates (mainly mammals, reptiles and other smaller birds).

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Black-winged snowfinch

The black-winged snowfinch or Adams's snowfinch (Montifringilla adamsi), is a species of bird in the sparrow family.

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Blyth's swift

Blyth's swift (Apus leuconyx) is a small species of bird.

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Brown accentor

The brown accentor (Prunella fulvescens) is a species of bird in the family Prunellidae.

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Central Asia

Central Asia is a subregion of Asia that stretches from the Caspian Sea in the southwest and Eastern Europe in the northwest to Western China and Mongolia in the east, and from Afghanistan and Iran in the south to Russia in the north.

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Changtang

The Changtang (alternatively spelled Changthang or Qangtang) is a part of the high altitude Tibetan Plateau in western and northern Tibet extending into the southern edges of Xinjiang as well as southeastern Ladakh, India, with vast highlands and giant lakes.

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Changthang Wildlife Sanctuary

The Changthang Wildlife Sanctuary (or the Changthang Cold Desert Wildlife Sanctuary) is a high-altitude wildlife sanctuary located in the Ladakhi adjunct of the Changthang plateau in the Leh District of the union territory of Ladakh.

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Chukar partridge

The chukar partridge (Alectoris chukar), or simply chukar, is a Palearctic upland gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae.

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Cicerone

Cicerone is an old term for a guide who conducts visitors and sightseers to museums, galleries, etc., and explains matters of archaeological, antiquarian, historic or artistic interest.

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Ecoregion

An ecoregion (ecological region) is an ecologically and geographically defined area that is smaller than a bioregion, which in turn is smaller than a biogeographic realm.

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Eurasian brown bear

The Eurasian brown bear (Ursus arctos arctos) is one of the most common subspecies of the brown bear, and is found in much of Eurasia.

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Fir

Firs are evergreen coniferous trees belonging to the genus Abies in the family Pinaceae.

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Golden eagle

The golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) is a bird of prey living in the Northern Hemisphere.

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Gompa

A Gompa or Gönpa or Gumba ("remote place", Sanskrit araṇya), also known as ling ("island"), is a sacred Buddhist spiritual compound where teachings may be given and lineage sādhanās may be stored.

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Hemis

Hemis, also spelled Hamis, is a village in the Leh district of Ladakh, India. Hemis National Park and Hemis are geography of Ladakh.

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Hemis Monastery

Hemis Monastery is a Himalayan Buddhist monastery (gompa) of the Drukpa Lineage, in Hemis on the bank of the Indus River, Ladakh, India.

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Himalayan marmot

The Himalayan marmot (Marmota himalayana) is a marmot species that inhabits alpine grasslands throughout the Himalayas and on the Tibetan Plateau.

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Himalayan snowcock

The Himalayan snowcock (Tetraogallus himalayensis) is a snowcock in the pheasant family Phasianidae found across the Himalayan ranges and parts of the adjoining Pamir range of Asia.

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Himalayan vulture

The Himalayan vulture (Gyps himalayensis) or Himalayan griffon vulture is an Old World vulture native to the Himalayas and the adjoining Tibetan Plateau.

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Himalayan wolf

The Himalayan wolf (Canis lupus chanco) is a canine of debated taxonomy.

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Himalayas

The Himalayas, or Himalaya.

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Hindi

Modern Standard Hindi (आधुनिक मानक हिन्दी, Ādhunik Mānak Hindī), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in Devanagari script.

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India

India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.

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Indian Standard Time

Indian Standard Time (IST), sometimes also called India Standard Time, is the time zone observed throughout the Republic of India, with a time offset of UTC+05:30.

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Indus River

The Indus is a transboundary river of Asia and a trans-Himalayan river of South and Central Asia.

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IUCN protected area categories

IUCN protected area categories, or IUCN protected area management categories, are categories used to classify protected areas in a system developed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

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Juniper

Junipers are coniferous trees and shrubs in the genus Juniperus of the cypress family Cupressaceae.

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Kang Yatze

Kang Yatze or Kang Yatse (elevation) is a mountain located at the end of the Markha valley in the Himalayas in the Ladakh region of northwest India. Hemis National Park and Kang Yatze are geography of Ladakh.

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Karakoram Wildlife Sanctuary

The Karakoram Wildlife Sanctuary, also known as the Karakoram (Nubra Shyok) Wildlife Sanctuary or the Karakoram (Saichen Shyok) Wildlife Sanctuary is a high altitude wildlife sanctuary located in the easternmost reaches of the Karakoram range in Leh district, in the Indian union territory of Ladakh.

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Karakoram–West Tibetan Plateau alpine steppe

The Karakoram-West Tibetan Plateau alpine steppe is a montane grasslands and shrublands ecoregion found in parts of Pakistan, China, Afghanistan, and India.

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Kargil

Kargil or Kargyil is a city in Indian-administered Ladakh in the disputed Kashmir region. Hemis National Park and Kargil are geography of Ladakh.

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Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport

Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport is a domestic airport serving Leh, the capital of Ladakh, India.

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Ladakh

Ladakh is a region administered by India as a union territory and constitutes an eastern portion of the larger Kashmir region that has been the subject of a dispute between India and Pakistan since 1947 and India and China since 1959.

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Ladakhi language

The Ladakhi language is a Tibetic language spoken in the Indian union territory of Ladakh.

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Leh

Leh is a city in Ladakh in the Himalayan region. Hemis National Park and Leh are geography of Ladakh.

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Leh district

Leh district is one of the two district in union territory of Ladakh, in India. Hemis National Park and Leh district are geography of Ladakh.

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Leh–Manali Highway

The Leh–Manali Highway is a long highway in northernmost India connecting Leh, the capital of the Union Territory of Ladakh, to Manali in the state of Himachal Pradesh.

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Lhasa Tibetan

Lhasa Tibetan, or Standard Tibetan, is the Tibetan dialect spoken by educated people of Lhasa, the capital of the Tibetan Autonomous Region.

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List of districts in India

A district (zila), also known as revenue district is an administrative division of an Indian state or territory.

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Livestock

Livestock are the domesticated animals raised in an agricultural setting in order to provide labour and produce diversified products for consumption such as meat, eggs, milk, fur, leather, and wool.

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Mammal

A mammal is a vertebrate animal of the class Mammalia.

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Markha River (India)

The Markha River is a river in Ladakh, India.

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Medicinal plants

Medicinal plants, also called medicinal herbs, have been discovered and used in traditional medicine practices since prehistoric times.

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Mountain pass

A mountain pass is a navigable route through a mountain range or over a ridge.

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Mountain weasel

The mountain weasel (Mustela altaica), also known as the pale weasel, Altai weasel or solongoi, primarily lives in high-altitude environments, as well as rocky tundra and grassy woodlands.

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Nanda Devi National Park

The Nanda Devi National Park or Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve, established in 1982 is a national park situated around the peak of Nanda Devi (7816 m) in Chamoli Garhwal district of Uttarakhand, in northern India.

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National Geographic

National Geographic (formerly The National Geographic Magazine, sometimes branded as NAT GEO) is an American monthly magazine published by National Geographic Partners.

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National Highway 1D (India, old numbering)

National Highway 1D (NH 1D), also known as Srinagar–Leh Highway, was a National Highway in the state of Jammu and Kashmir that connected Srinagar to Leh in Ladakh.

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National park

A national park is a nature park designated for conservation purposes because of unparalleled national natural, historic, or cultural significance.

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Nicolas Notovitch

Shulim or Nikolai Aleksandrovich Notovich (Николай Александрович Нотович; August 13, 1858 – after 1934), known in the West as Nicolas Notovitch, was a Crimean Jewish adventurer who claimed to be a Russian aristocrat, spy and journalist.

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Overgrazing

Overgrazing occurs when plants are exposed to intensive grazing for extended periods of time, or without sufficient recovery periods.

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Palearctic realm

The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth.

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Pastoralism

Pastoralism is a form of animal husbandry where domesticated animals (known as "livestock") are released onto large vegetated outdoor lands (pastures) for grazing, historically by nomadic people who moved around with their herds.

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Population

Population is the term typically used to refer to the number of people in a single area.

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Populus

Populus is a genus of 25–30 species of deciduous flowering plants in the family Salicaceae, native to most of the Northern Hemisphere.

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Postal Index Number

A Postal Index Number (PIN; sometimes redundantly a PIN code) refers to a six-digit code in the Indian postal code system used by India Post.

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Poultry

Poultry are domesticated birds kept by humans for the purpose of harvesting animal products such as meat, eggs or feathers.

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Precipitation

In meteorology, precipitation is any product of the condensation of atmospheric water vapor that falls from clouds due to gravitational pull.

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Protected areas of India

There are four categories of protected areas in India, constituted under the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972.

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Rain shadow

A rain shadow is an area of significantly reduced rainfall behind a mountainous region, on the side facing away from prevailing winds, known as its leeward side.

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Red fox

The red fox (Vulpes vulpes) is the largest of the true foxes and one of the most widely distributed members of the order Carnivora, being present across the entire Northern Hemisphere including most of North America, Europe and Asia, plus parts of North Africa.

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Red-billed chough

The red-billed chough, Cornish chough or simply chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax), is a bird in the crow family, one of only two species in the genus Pyrrhocorax.

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Red-fronted serin

The red-fronted serin or fire-fronted serin (Serinus pusillus) is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae.

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Riding Solo to the Top of the World

Riding Solo to the Top of the World is a 2006 documentary film in English language directed by Gaurav Jani on the Chang pas of Ladakh, in India, about a journey of self-discovery.

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Robin accentor

The robin accentor (Prunella rubeculoides) is a species of bird in the family Prunellidae.

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Rumbak

Rumbak is a village in the Leh district of Ladakh, India.

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Russia

Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia.

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Siberian ibex

The Siberian ibex (Capra sibirica), also known using regionalized names including Altai ibex, Asian ibex, Central Asian ibex, Gobi ibex, Himalayan ibex, Mongolian ibex or Tian Shan ibex, is a polytypic species of ibex, a wild relative of goats and sheep.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemis_National_Park

Also known as Ganda La, Gongmaru La, Hemis High Altitude National Park, Himalayan Homestays, Kanda La, Kongmaru La, Ladakh Homestays, Sumdah.

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See also

1981 establishments in Jammu and Kashmir

Geography of Ladakh

National parks in Ladakh

Tourism in Ladakh

References