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GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION Lies in Doda
District, some 40km north-east of Kishtwar Town. It is
bounded to the north by the Rinnay River, south by Kibar
Nala catchment, east by the main divide of the Great
Himalaya and to the west by Marwa River. 33*20'-34*00'N,
75*40'-76*10'E
DATE AND HISTORY OF ESTABLISHMENT
Declared a national park on 4 February 1981
(Notification No. ?21/FST of 1980-81).
AREA 42,500ha
LAND TENURE State
ALTITUDE Ranges from 1,700m to ?4,800m.
PHYSICAL FEATURES The national park
encompasses the cachments of the Kiar, Nanth and Kibar
nalas, all of which drain south-west into Marwa River
which joins the Chenab River just above Kishtwar Town.
The terrain is generally rugged and steep, with narrow
valleys bounded by high ridges opening out in their
upper glacial parts. The area lies in the Central
Crystalline belt of the Great Himalaya. Rocks are
strongly folded in places and composed mainly of
granite, gneiss and schist, with the occasional bed of
marble. The shallow, slightly alkaline soils are mostly
alluvial with gravel deposits (Kurt, 1976; Bacha, 1986).
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