Practice question

Hemis National Park is situated in eastern Ladakh Union Territory on west bank of Indus, encompassing catchments of Markha, Sumdah, Rumbak streams within Zanskar range. Notified 1981, area about 4400 km² extends from 3000 to 6000 meters elevation, including riverine willow-sallow, alpine scrub. Administrative control rests at Leh. Located within Trans-Himalayan biogeographic zone, it represents largest high-altitude protected area in India. Proximity to Hemis Monastery 400 years old blends cultural and biodiversity conservation ethos. Such details are high-yield for NEET and CUET as they link morphological classification with modern molecular phylogeny insights.