Kala Chitta National Park

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Kala Chitta National Park
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Location in Pakistan
Location Attock District, Punjab, Pakistan
Nearest city Attock City
Area363.77 km2
Established1983
Governing bodyPakistan Parks & Wildlife Department

Kala Chitta National Park is a national park located in the Attock District, Pakistan. [1]

Contents

The park is part of the Kala Chitta Range, in the Pothohar Plateau. The park covers an area of approximately 16,948 hectares. [2] [3] [4]

Climate and temperature

The area is combination of hills and plains. The area has a harsh temperature with minimum temperature of 17.92°C in January while maximum temperature of 41°C in June. The rainfall here is scarce with 650 mm annually. [5]

Fauna and flora

This area is dry temperate forest with vegetation and dominant species of Acacia , Dalbergia sissoo , Justicia adhatoda , Dodonaea viscosa and Olea europaea subsp. cuspidata . [5]

The most common animals in the area is Indian leopard, chinkara, grey partridge and houbara bustard. [5]

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References

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  2. "Kala Chitta National Park".
  3. "List of National Parks in Pakistan | Pakistan Wildlife Foundation". Archived from the original on 2011-12-31.
  4. Canadian Journal Of Pure And Applied Sciences. Volume 5, Number 2 . cjpas.net
  5. 1 2 3 Arshad, Muhammad; Ahmad, Mushtaq; Ahmed, Ejaz; Saboor, Abdul; Abbas, Azhar; Sadiq, Shumaila (27 January 2014). "An ethnobiological study in Kala Chitta hills of Pothwar region, Pakistan: multinomial logit specification". Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. 10: 13. doi: 10.1186/1746-4269-10-13 . PMC   3914733 . PMID   24467739.