12 Nov 2024        14:43:47 pm

Environmental Ecology

Kaziranga National Park

Tags : Kaziranga National Park

Topic: Protected Areas

Why in the news?

• Kaziranga National Park emerges as second highest butterfly diversity hub in India with 446 species, next to Namdapha National Park in Arunachal Pradesh 

Source: The Times of India

About Kaziranga National Park:

• It is situated in the north-eastern part of the country in the districts of Golaghat and Nagaon in the state of Assam.
• It is the single largest undisturbed and representative area in the Brahmaputra Valley floodplain.
• In 1985, the park was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
• The river Diffalu, a tributary of the Brahmaputra, flows through the National Park area (core/critical tiger habitat), while another tributary, Moradifalu, flows along its southern boundary.
• Its landscape comprises sheer forest, tall elephant grass, rugged reeds, marshes, and shallow pools.
• Flora:
  • It is primarily famous for its dense and tall elephant grasses intermixed with small swamplands.
  • It also includes an abundant cover of water lilies, water hyacinths and lotus.
  • Rattan Cane, a type of climbing palm, is also found here.
• Fauna: 
  • Many endangered and threatened species like Rhino, Tiger, Eastern swamp deer, Elephant, Buffalo, Hoolock gibbon, Capped langur, and Gangetic River dolphin are commonly found in the habitat.
  • It is inhabited by the world\'s largest population of one-horned rhinoceroses, as well as many mammals.

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