Nagarahole National Park is a national park located in Kodagu district and Mysore district in Karnataka, India.Nagarahole National Park is a national park located in Kodagu district and Mysore district in Karnataka, India.
The park has rich forest cover, small streams, hills, valleys and waterfalls, and populations of Bengal tiger, gaur, Indian elephant, Indian leopard, chital and Sambar deer.
Nagarhole National Park, is under consideration by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee for selection as a World Heritage Site.
The park ranges the foothills of the Western Ghats spreading down the Brahmagiri hills and south towards Kerala state.
The park derives its name from naga, meaning snake and hole, referring to streams. The park was an exclusive hunting reserve of the kings of the Wodeyar dynasty, the former rulers of the Kingdom of Mysore.
The vegetation here consists mainly of North Western Ghats moist deciduous forests.
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