About Narpuh Wildlife Sanctuary:
- Location: It is situated in East Jantia Hills in Jowai, Meghalaya.
- It was declared a wildlife sanctuary in 2014 and is the only protected area in the Jaintia Hills.
- The Sanctuary is bounded by Reserve Forests on all sides except a part in South West which shares boundary with Assam.
- Rivers: The northern part of the sanctuary is bounded by Lukha River forming a physical barrier.
- It is prone to extremely heavy rainfall.
- Its climate is favorable for the propagation and sustenance of a rich and wide variety of wild, endangered Flora and Fauna.
- Vegetation: Some of the tallest evergreen and semi-evergreen forests remaining in Meghalaya are found in this region.
- Fauna: Hoolock Gibbon, Serow, Slow Loris, Sloth Bear, Large Indian Civet, Leopard Cat, Clouded Leopard, Barking Deer etc are found here.
- Flora : Castanopsis indica, C. tribuloides, Dysoxylum Sp., Elaeocarpus Sp., Engelhardtia spicata, Syzygium Sp. Etc.
