Hemis National Park facts for kids

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Hemis National Park (or Hemis High Altitude National Park) is a high altitude National Park in the Eastern Ladakh area of the state of Jammu and Kashmir in India. It is the only national park in India north of the Himalayas.

The park is home to about 200 snow leopards. Hemis is the only refuge in India with the Shapu. The Tibetan Wolf,the Eurasian Brown Bear, and the Red Fox are also in Hemis.

Images for kids

  • Snow Leopard in Hemis National Park

    Snow leopard at Hemis National Park

  • Mountain Weasel (Mustela altaica)

    Mountain weasel (Mustela altaica) at Hemis National Park

  • Hemis2

    A terrain map of Hemis National Park and the surrounding trans-Himalayan Ranges

  • Hemis courtyard

    Courtyard of the historic Hemis Monastery inside the NP

  • Hemis Monastery Ladakh 1876

    Hemis monastery in the 1870s

  • Indus Zanskar confluence

    Confluence of the Zanskar River into the Indus River at the border of the park

  • StokKangripic

    Stok Kangri, the highest peak inside the park boundaries


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