Rajaji National Park, Uttarakhand

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Rajaji National Park is a popular tourist destination in the State of Uttarakhand. The national park is situated besides the Shivalik ranges in the Himalayan foothills. The national park is situated between the dense forests of Shivalik and is affluent in biodiversity. It is an adobe of varieties of animals and avian species and attracts a lot of tourists from all over the World. The park consists of typical vegetation of tropical and sub-tropical moist forests, along with sal forests, mixed forests, riverine forests, scrub forests, grasslands and sub-tropical pine forests. The park is and adobe of 315 species of birds that include great pied hornbills, Himalayan pied kingfishers, pea fowls, woodpeckers, pheasants, barbets, the fire tailed sunbirds, etc.Rajaji-National-Park is also the vicinity for 49 species of fish, 28 species of snakes, 12 species of turtles and tortoises and nine species of lizards along with 60 species of butterflies belonging to eight families, out of the nine families known to the world. The richness of the park attracts a lot of tourists from everywhere.