NAMERI National Park,Dibru-Saikhowa National Park, Manas national park,KAZIRANGA NATIONAL PARK UPSC PSC MIND MAP

NAMERI NATIONAL PARK

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• Nameri National Park
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• ✅The Nameri National Park which is located in Sonitpur district shares its northern boundary with the Pakhui Wildlife Sanctuary of Assam.
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• ✅It was declared as Tiger Reserve (2nd to be declared after Manas Tiger Reserve).
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• ✅It has 2 core areas: the Nameri National Park & the Sonai- Rupai Wildlife Sanctuary (Satellite Core of the Nameri Tiger Reserve).
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#Dibru_Saikhowa_National_Park

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▪️Dibru-Saikhowa National Park

• Dibru-Saikhowa is a National Park as well as a Biosphere Reserve situated in the south bank of the river Brahmaputra in Assam.
  
  
  ✅The forest type of Dibru-Saikhowa comprises semi-evergreen forests, deciduous forests, littoral and swamp forests and patches of wet evergreen forests.
  
  
  ✅It is the largest swamp forest in north-eastern India.
  
  
  ✅It is an identified Important Bird Area (IBA), notified by the Birdlife International. It is most famous for the rare white-winged wood ducks as well as feral horses.
  
  
  ✅Mammals found in the Park include Tiger, Elephant, Leopard, Jungle Cat, Bears, Small Indian Civet, Squirrels, Gangetic Dolphin, Hoolock Gibbon, etc.
  
  
  ✅Maguri Motapung wetland is a part of the Reserve.

#Manas_National_Park

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▪️Manas National Park

• It is located in the foothills of the Eastern Himalaya ( Assam), international border dividing India and Bhutan
  ✅Name originated from the Manas River and Serpent Goddess Manasa.
  ✅Declared a World Heritage Site in December 1985 by UNESCO.
  ✅In 1990 the Manas National Park declared world heritage site in danger due to heavy poaching and terriost activities but in 2011 it was removed from this list.
  ✅Project tiger reserve
  ✅Elephant reserve
  ✅Biosphere reserve
  ✅Heavy Rainfall occurs region.
  ✅Himalayan Subtropical Broadleaf forest.
  ✅Two biomes: Grassland and Forest.
  ✅combination of Sub-Himalayan Bhabar Terai formation leading up to the Himalayan subtropical broadleaf forests (semi-evergreen)

#Kaziranga_National_Park

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Kaziranga National Park

• Kaziranga National Park is
  located in Assam
  
  
  ✅ In the year 1985, the park was declared as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
  
  
  ✅ It is recognized as an Important Bird Area by BirdLife International.
  
  
  ✅It was declared as Tiger Reserve in 2006.
  
  
  ✅The sanctuary hosts two-thirds of the world’s great one-horned rhinoceroses.
  
  
  ✅NH 37 passes through Kaziranga National Park.