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Perhaps, nowhere else can one also find such a representative
collection of peninsular mammals, over a 100 species of butterflies and 400
species of moths and other fauna like the Ceylon Frog Moth, Great Indian
Hornbill, the Nilgiri Laughing Thrush and the Lion-tailed Macaque.
The river Kunthi descends from the Nilgiri hills, an altitude of 2000 m
above sea level, and traverses the entire length of the valley and rushes
down to the plains through the deep forest. The river Kunthi never turns
brown and is always crystal clear, perennial and wild.
The evapo-transpiration from these forests is much higher than from any
other surfaces. This cools the atmosphere, helps easy condensation of water
vapour and thus causes the summer rains.
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