Natural freshwater streams feed the Neelum River, which runs across the Gurez valley.
[1] The habitat here consists entirely of Western Himalayan subalpine conifer forests, covered mainly by trees such as Blue pine, deodar and Betula utilis, Picea smithiana, Abies pindrow along with some of the last stands of the endangered Taxus wallichiana or Himalayan yew.
Common flowering plants include Rosa moschata and herbs and grasses such as Skimmia laureola and Sinopodophyllum which make up the flora of the lower slopes.
[2] [3][4] The national park was established to protect the endangered musk deer.
The Himalayan musk deer is found here and the total population could possibly cross 50 individuals.