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- Coordinates: 304400N 793800E

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Valley of Flowers National Park is an Indian national park, located in West Himalaya, in the state of Uttarakhand and is known for its meadows of endemic alpine flowers and the variety of flora. This richly diverse area is also home to rare and endangered animals, including the Asiatic black bear, snow leopard, musk deer, brown bear, red fox and blue sheep. Birds found in the park include Himalayan monal pheasant and other high altitude birds.

3.352 - 3.658 , Nanda Devi National Park . , Zanskar . 87,50 8 2 . Nanda Devi (223.674 ), (5,148.57 2 ). UNESCO 2004.

----------------------------------At 3352 to 3658 meters above sea level, the gentle landscape of the Valley of Flowers National Park complements the rugged mountain wilderness of Nanda Devi National Park to the east. Together, they encompass a unique transition zone between the mountain ranges of the Zanskar and Great Himalaya. The park stretches over an expanse of 87.50km2 and it is about 8km long and 2km wide. Both parks are encompassed in the Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve (223,674 ha), which is further surrounded by a buffer zone (5,148.57km2). This Reserve is in the UNESCO World Network of Biosphere Reserves since 2004.

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(..This vast wall of mountains is best seen in the clear atmosphere of morning before the clouds, formed by the hot, moist air currents from the valleys, have obscured it, and many a time I have risen early to look over the foothills, dim and shadowy in the twilight, to the snows, hung like a glowing curtain across the whole width of the northern sky, yet so remote it seemed no human loot could tread their auroral steeps..)

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-------------------------------- (It is in these moments of awakening, when not a bird twits from the forest and the sun steps from peak to peak slowly and in splendid strides that the sages words ring true: In a hundred ages of the Gods I could not tell thee of the glories of Himachal Pradesh.)(..The foothills of the Himalayas provide the perfect introduction to the Snows and their gentle forest-clad undulations lead the eye forwards to the background of gigantic peaks which distance serves to increase, not diminish in beauty)

20 Nanda Devi National Park Bhyundar. Bhyundar, , Hemkund 10 . - 15 . 6 , Pushpawati, Tipra Gauri Parbat . Zanskar Gauri Parbat 6.719 . The Valley is 20km northwest of Nanda Devi National Park across the wide valley of the Bhyundar Ganga. It is one of two hanging valleys lying at the head of the Bhyundar valley, the other being the shorter Hemkund valley, which runs parallel some 10km south. It runs east-west approximately 15km by an average of 6km wide, in the basin of the Pushpawati River, a small tributary flowing from the Tipra glacier, which descends from Gauri Parbat in the east.The area lies on the Zanskar range of the Himalayas with the highest point in the national park being Gauri Parbat at 6,719 m above sea level.

. 1931, Frank S. Smythe , Eric Shipton RL Holdsworth, , , Kamet , . . Frank Smythe . __________________________The place was little known to outside world due its inaccessibility. In 1931, Frank S. Smythe, Eric Shipton and R.L. Holdsworth, all British mountaineers, lost their way while returning from a successful expedition to Mt.Kamet and happened upon the valley, which was full of flowers. They were attracted to the beauty of the area and named it the "Valley of Flowers." Frank Smythe later authored a book of the same name.

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Being an inner Himalayan valley, the Nanda Devi Basin has a distinctive microclimate. Conditions are generally dry with low annual precipitation, but there is heavy monsoon rainfall from late June to early September. Prevailing mist and low cloud during the monsoon keeps the soil moist, hence the vegetation is lusher than is usual in the drier inner Himalayan valleys. From mid April to June temperatures are moderate to cool (19C maximum).

17 (10,5 ). Joshimath Garhwal. Govindghat Joshimath ( ), . Gobindghat, 4 , , 11 (8,6 ) Ghangaria, 3 ( 2 ) . , Ghangaria. Gobindghat Ghangaria Hemkund . Ghangaria , . ------------------------------------------------------------Getting to the Valley of Flowers requires a trek of about 17km (10.5mi). The nearest major town is Joshimath in Garhwal. Govindghat is a small place close to Joshimath (around one hour distance), where the trek begins. From Gobindghat, shared taxis up to 4km and then a trek of less than 11km (8.6mi) brings trekkers to Ghangaria, a small settlement located about 3km (about 2mi) from the valley. One can also hire a porter, mule or helicopter to reach Ghangaria. The trek from Gobindghat to Ghangaria is common to the Sikh Temple at Hemkund and a trekker is likely to find many Sikh pilgrims on the route. As one nears Ghangaria one is greeted by fields of perfumed wild flowers, wild rose bushes and wild strawberries by the sides of the path.

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