The Black Mountains is a

mountain range A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills arranged in a line and connected by high ground. A mountain system or mountain belt is a group of mountain ranges with similarity in form, structure, and alignment that have arise ...

in central

Bhutan Bhutan (; dz, འབྲུག་ཡུལ་, Druk Yul ), officially the Kingdom of Bhutan,), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is situated in the Eastern Himalayas, between China in the north and India in the south. A mountainou ...

, and is a sub−range of the

Himalayan Range The Himalayas, or Himalaya (; ; ), is a mountain range in Asia, separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. The range has some of the planet's highest peaks, including the very highest, Mount Everest. Over 100 ...

System. Locally the mountain range is known as Dungshing Gang which means the peaks of fir.

Geography

Durshingla peak, at an elevation of , is the range's highest point.

National Park

Jigme Singye Wangchuck National Park Jigme Singye Wangchuck National Park (formerly Black Mountains National Park) covers an area of in central Bhutan. It protects a large area of the Black Mountains (Bhutan), Black Mountains, a sub−range of the Himalayan Range System. The park ...

protects a large area of the Black Mountains and the

Eastern Himalayan broadleaf forests The Eastern Himalayan broadleaf forests is a temperate broadleaf forest ecoregion found in the middle elevations of the eastern Himalayas, including parts of Nepal, India, and Bhutan. These forests have an outstanding richness of wildlife. Settin ...

ecoregion within them. It was originally named Black Mountains National Park.

Alpine lakes

The black mountains range is home to some of the beautiful alpine lakes which are the source of some rivers. The lakes are: *Gesatsho *Tshonamtsho *Broksatsho *Mendatsho *Peptatsho *Bekhotsho *Tshobobzhao *Sertsho *Yutsho

Socio-cultural significance

Deity Jowo Dungshing

Dungshing Go

References

Mountain ranges of Bhutan Mountain ranges of the Himalayas Sarpang District Tsirang District Trongsa District Wangdue Phodrang District Zhemgang District {{Bhutan-geo-stub