Kala Chitta National Park is a national park located in the Attock District, Pakistan.[1]

The park is part of the Kala Chitta Range, in the Pothohar Plateau. The park covers an area of approximately 16,948 hectares.[2][3][4]

Climate and temperature

The area is combination of hills and plains. The area has a harsh temperature with minimum temperature of 17.92°C in January while maximum temperature of 41°C in June. The rainfall here is scarce with 650 mm annually.[5]

Fauna and flora

This area is dry temperate forest with vegetation and dominant species of Acacia, Dalbergia sissoo, Justicia adhatoda, Dodonaea viscosa and Olea europaea subsp. cuspidata.[5]

The most common animals in the area is Indian leopard, chinkara, grey partridge and houbara bustard.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Forest area near Fatehjang to be made national park: Adviser". 30 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Kala Chitta National Park".
  3. ^ "List of National Parks in Pakistan | Pakistan Wildlife Foundation". Archived from the original on 2011-12-31.
  4. ^ Canadian Journal Of Pure And Applied Sciences. Volume 5, Number 2 . cjpas.net
  5. ^ a b c Arshad, Muhammad; Ahmad, Mushtaq; Ahmed, Ejaz; Saboor, Abdul; Abbas, Azhar; Sadiq, Shumaila (27 January 2014). "An ethnobiological study in Kala Chitta hills of Pothwar region, Pakistan: multinomial logit specification". Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. 10: 13. doi:10.1186/1746-4269-10-13. PMC 3914733. PMID 24467739.