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Maha rath mala (Rhododendron arboreum ssp. zeylanicum) is a rare subspecies of Rhododendron arboreum found in Central Highlands of Sri Lanka. Diversity and endemism of plants in Sri Lanka are quite high. [20] There are 3,210 flowering plants belonging to 1,052 genera. 916 species and 18 genera are endemic to the island.
Golden Gate Highlands National Park is located in Free State, South Africa, near the Lesotho border. It covers an area of 340 km 2 (130 sq mi). [ 1 ] The park's most notable features are its golden, ochre, and orange-hued, deeply eroded sandstone cliffs and outcrops , [ 2 ] especially the Brandwag rock. [ 3 ]
The Big Five. In Africa, the Big Five game animals are the lion, leopard, rhinoceros, elephant, and African buffalo. [1] The term was coined by big-game hunters to refer to the five most difficult animals in Africa to hunt on foot, [2] [3] [4] but is now more widely used by game viewing tourists and safari tour operators.
Arati Kumar-Rao was born in Bengaluru.She studied for an MBA at the Thunderbird School of Global Management, a Master of Education at Arizona State University and an MSc in Physics at the University of Pune, then worked at Intel. [1]
The Highland Wildlife Park is a 105-hectare (260-acre) safari park and zoo near Kingussie, Scotland.The park is located within the Cairngorms National Park.The park is run by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland and is a member of the British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums (BIAZA) and the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA).
The Armenian highlands (Armenian: Հայկական լեռնաշխարհ, romanized: Haykakan leṙnašxarh; also known as the Armenian upland, Armenian plateau, or Armenian tableland) [2] is the most central and the highest of the three plateaus that together form the northern sector of West Asia. [2]
Eravikulam National Park is a 97 km 2 national park located along the Western Ghats in the Idukki and Ernakulam districts of Kerala in India. The park is situated between 10º05'N and 10º20' north, and 77º0' and 77º10' east and is the first national park in Kerala.
The cù-sìth(e) (Scottish Gaelic pronunciation: [kʰuː ˈʃiː]), plural coin-shìth(e) (Scottish Gaelic pronunciation: [kʰɔɲ ˈhiː]) is a mythical hound found in Irish folklore and Scottish folklore.