<P> The state of Karnataka in South India has a rich diversity of flora and fauna . It has a recorded forest area of 38720 km which constitutes 20.19% of the total geographical area of the state . These forests support 25% of the elephant population and 20% of the tiger population of India . Many regions of Karnataka are still unexplored and new species of flora and fauna are still found . The Western Ghats mountains in the western region of Karnataka are a biodiversity hotspot . Two sub-clusters of the Western Ghats, Talacauvery and Kudremukh in Karnataka, are in a tentative list of sites that could be designated as World Heritage Sites by UNESCO . The Bandipur and Nagarahole national parks which fall outside these subclusters were included in the Nilgiri biosphere reserve in 1986, a UNESCO designation . Biligiriranga Hills in Karnataka is a place where Eastern Ghats meets Western Ghats . The state bird and state animal of Karnataka are Indian roller and the Indian elephant respectively . The state tree and state flower are sandalwood (Santalum album) and lotus respectively . Karnataka is home to 406 + tigers (around 12% of tigers in world). </P> <P> Karnataka has five national parks . </P> <P> This park is present in the Uttara Kannada district and spreads over an area of 250 km . The altitude varies from 27 metres (89 ft) to 937 metres (3,074 ft), and temperatures from 15.5 ° C to 45 ° C. Average annual rainfall is about 4,700 millimetres (185 in). </P>

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