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•                                          Chimmony Wildlife Sanctuary

                 CHIMMINI WILDLIFE SANCTUARY IS A NATIONAL PARK LOCATED

ALONGTHE WESTERNGHATS IN MUKUNDAPURAM TALUK OF THRISSUR DISTRICT OF KERALA STATE IN INDIA. ESTABLISHED IN 1984, THE SANCTUARY WITH AN AREA OF ABOUT 85.067 KM² IS ON THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE NELLIYAMPATHI HILLS. THE HIGHEST PEAK IN SANCTUARY IS PUNDA PEAK (1116 M). ALONG WITH THE NEIGHBORING PEECHI-VAZHANI WILDLIFE SANCTUARY IT FORMS A CONTINUOUS PROTECTED AREA OF 210 KM². IT ALSO LIES JUST WEST OF PARAMBIKULAM WILDLIFE SANCTUARY, PROVIDING SOME HABITAT CONNECTIVITY WITH THE FORESTS OF THAT RELATIVELY LARGE PROTECTED AREA. THE SANCTUARY CONSISTS OF THE WATERSHED AREAS OF KURUMALI RIVER AND MUPLIAM RIVERS. NESTLED IN THE SANCTUARY IS CHIMMONY DAM WHICH IS BUILT ACROSS THE CHIMMONY RIVER.