Nagarhole National Park

  • August 21, 2021
  • Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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Nagarhole National Park

Subject – Environment

Concept –

  • Located in Kodagu district and Mysore district in Karnataka, India.
  • It is also known as ‘Rajiv Gandhi National Park.
  • It was established as a wildlife sanctuary in 1955 and was upgraded into a national park in 1988. It was declared as the 37th Tiger reserve under Project Tiger in 1999.
  • The Park lies in the Western Ghats and is a part of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve.
  • The Nagarahole River flows through the park, which joins the Kabini River which also is a boundary between Nagarahole and Bandipur National Park.
  • Flora:The vegetation consists mainly of moist deciduous forests with predominating trees of teak and rosewood.
  • Fauna: Asian elephants, chital (spotted deer), Indian mouse deer, gaur, stripe-necked and ruddy mongooses, grey langur, bonnet macaque, Asian wild dog, leopard, tiger, sloth bear among others.
Environment Nagarhole National Park