The Changthang Wildlife Sanctuary houses a number of floras and faunas of Ladakh that are rare and are well preserved in this sanctuary. This sanctuary is located at a high altitude in the Ladakhi adjunct of the Changthang plateau in Leh District, Jammu and Kashmir. It is important as one of the few places in India with a population of the Kiang or Tibetan Wild Ass, as well as the rare Black-necked Crane.

Changthang (Chang-North, Thang-Plain) is basically the connotation of `the north plain`, but in common parlance on elevated plain or wide-open valley. This area where the sanctuary is located is surrounded by two large and world famous water lakes that are Tsomoriri and Pangong Tso.

The flora of Changthang Wildlife Sanctuary includes natural grasslands and a wide variety of more than two hundred species of wild plants that grow in higher pasture of this area and most of which is edible by animals. Moreover, the sanctuary houses a number of faunas namely Kaing (Tibetan Wild Ass), four species of carnivores such as Snow leopard, Lynx, Wolf and Wild Dog and six species of Wild ungulates Tibetan Gazelle, Tibetan Argali, Blue Sheep, Wild yak, Ibex, and Ladakh Urial as well as Black Necked Crane and seasonal species of migratory birds.

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