Date ( Publication )

2012-02-29

Purpose

This checklist was prepared to bridge the existing knowledge gap on biodiversity in the Kangchenjunga Conservation Area.

Status

Completed

Maintenance and update frequency

Unknown

Keywords ( Theme )

• Species
• Plants
• Seed Plants
• Angiosperms
• Gymnosperms
• Biodiversity

Keywords ( Place )

• Protected Area
• Kangchenjunga Conservation Area
• Kangchenjunga Landscape
• Taplejung
• Panchthar
• Ilam
• Eastern Nepal
• India
• HKH-BIF

Use limitation

ICIMOD (2008) Kangchenjunga Landscape Biodiversity Database

Access constraints

Copyright

Use constraints

Copyright

Spatial representation type

Text, table

Metadata language

eng

Character set

UTF8

Topic category

• Biota

Description

The Kangchenjunga Conservation Area lies in the Taplejung district, bordered by Sikkim(India) in the east and Tibet (China) in the north. The area represents high mountain physiographic regions with 65% of its area covered by rocks and ice. The remaining 35% is covered by forests (14.1%). shrubland (10.1%), Grassland (9.2%) and Agricultural land(1.6). The area is well known for its three river valley: the Simbua Khola, the Ghunsa and the Tamur valleys.

OnLine resource

HKH-BIF Portal ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

Hierarchy level

Dataset

Source

File identifier

aea535eb-11a8-4328-9021-c6fd901d049c XML

Metadata language

eng

Character set

UTF8

Hierarchy level

Dataset

Date stamp

2020-09-08T14:39:31

Metadata standard name

North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003