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Deosai National Park

The Deosai National Park is located in the Skardu, Pakistan controlled Kashmir that is known as the Federally Administered Northern Areas (FANA). The park is located on the Deosai Plains, that are among the highest plateaus in the world with an average height of 4,114 metres above the sea level, covering an area of about 3,000 square kilometers. For just over half the year - between November and May - Deosai is snow-bound. In the summer months when the snow clears up, Deosai is accessible from Skardu in the north and the Astore Valley in the west. Deosai is well known for its spring season when it is covered by a carpet of millions of flowers and a wide variety of butterflies.

Aproaches
Deosai Lake
Wildlife
Herodotus - 'Gold-digging ants'
In film
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Aproaches

Deosai plains can be accessed through Skardu,which is comparatively easy route. skardu to Astore onwards is a wide jeepable track which winds through Gudai and Chilum. The alternate and relatively narrow track is from Skardu.

Deosai Lake ,City Skardu´,gilgit BALTISTAN control by pakistan. Deosai means the "Land of Giants".It is the second highest pleatue in the world after Tibet.The True beauty of Himalayas is visible everywhere around Deosai,Pakistan.It is also the home to the endangered Himalayan Brown Bears.Almost 19 bears lived there in 90's and now the population has increased to almost 24. The view here is taken at Sheosar Lake in Deosai.Pakistan

Deosai Lake

Deosai Lake in Deosai Plains

There is a lake named Deosai Lake in the Deosai Plains meaning in local language"white lake"-Shau-white,Sar-lake. The lake is at a height of 4,142 m (13,589 feet). Its approximate length is reported to be 2.3 km (1.4 miles), width 1.8 km (1.2 miles) and average depth 40 m.

Wildlife

Endless Plains

Deosai Plains make up one of the last frontiers of natural habitat for the Himalayan Brown Bear, a creature that once roamed the mountains freely. The Deosai National Park was established in 1993 to secure the survival of the bear and its habitat. Having long been a prize kill for poachers and hunters, the bear, Pakistan's largest omnivore, now has a hope for survival in Deosai where its number has increased from just 19 in 1993 to 40 in 2005.

The Deosai Plains are also home to the Himalayan Ibex, Red Fox, Golden Marmot, Wolf, the Ladakh Urial, the Snow Leopard, and over 124 resident and migratory birds. Birds in the park include the Golden Eagle, Lammergeier, Griffon Vulture, Laggar Falcon, Peregrine Falcon, Kestrel, Indian Sparrowhawk and Snowcock.

Herodotus - 'Gold-digging ants'

Research by the French ethnologist Michel Peissel makes a claim that the story of 'Gold-digging ants' reported by the Greek historian Herodotus, who lived in the 5th century BC, was founded on the golden Himalayan Marmot of the Deosai plateau and the habit of local tribes such as the Minaro to collect the gold dust excavated from their burrows.^[1]