Located 40 km from Mannarkkad, Silent valley is Extremely fragile, a
unique preserve of tropical evergreen rain forests lying above the
equator and the forest strip which causes the summer rains in Kerala.
This is one of the best tourist spots in Kerala. The Silent Valley
National Park has an area of 90 sq km is located in the north eastern
corner of the district. It rises abruptly to the Nilgiri Plateau in
the north and overlooks the plains of Mannarkkad in the south. The
core of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve is the Silent Valley National
Park. Despite its name, the Silent Valley (the clamour of Cicadas is
conspicuously absent here) echoes with the sounds of teeming wildlife.
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The denizens of this sprawling habitat of endangered
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