BANDHAVGARH NATIONAL PARK

Subject : Environment

Context : Recently, a wildfire that had spread across several zones in Bandhavgarh National Park has been brought under control.

Concept :

About Bandhavgarh National Park

It is located in the Vindhya Hills of the Umaria district in Madhya Pradesh.
It is known for the Royal Bengal Tigers.
It was declared as a national park in 1968.
The name Bandhavgarh has been derived from the most prominent hillock of the area of Umaria.
It consists of mixed vegetation ranging from tall grasslands to thick Sal forest.
It resides on the extreme north eastern border of Madhya Pradesh and the northern edges of the Satpura mountain ranges.