List of National Park and Wildlife Sanctuaries Of Bihar
Valmiki National Park: National Park and Wildlife Sanctuaries of Bihar
- Valmiki National Park is a Tiger Reserve in the West Champaran District of Bihar, India.
- Valmiki national Park was established in 1989 and covered across 340 sq km. It is the only national park in Bihar.
- Earlier it was a wildlife sanctuary (area is 550 sq km).
- This park is famous for the Royal Bengal Tigers, rhinoceros and bison.
- Huge number of flying fox i.e a kind of bat are also observed here.
Kaimur Wildlife Sanctuary: National Park and Wildlife Sanctuaries of Bihar
- Established in 1982 and covered up across 1350 sq km area.
- It is located at Kaimur Hills range (Kaimur District of Bihar) where beautiful lakes are present.
- This is the largest Wildlife Sanctuary in Bihar. It is famous for Black Buck.
- This is also famous for historical terracotta painting, caves etc.
Rajgir Wildlife Sanctuary: National Park and Wildlife Sanctuaries of Bihar
- Rajgir or Pant Wildlife Sanctuary, is situated in Nalanda Forest Division covering an area of 35.84 km2 under the Nalanda district administration.
- This sanctuary provides numerous ecosystem services to the surrounding landscape including varieties of flora and fauna. Therefore, to protect this forest a 35.84 km2 was notified as Rajgir Wildlife Sanctuary in 1978.
- The sanctuary is enclosed by five peaks of the Rajgir hills that form a natural boundary, separating the sanctuary from the surrounding landscape of agricultural fields, habitation, roads and villages.
- These five peaks are Vipulgiri (1), Ratnagiri (2), Udaigiri (3), Sonagiri (4) and Baibhavgiri (5).
- To the north of the sanctuary is located the Pachanan and Saraswati rivers as well as the town of Rajgir.
Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Wildlife Sanctuary: National Park and Wildlife Sanctuaries of Bihar
- As its name suggests that Vikramshila Wildlife Sanctuary is famous for its Dolphins.
- It was established in 1991 and located at Bhagalpur district of Bihar. Not only Dolphin but its biodiversity is also rich for its aquatic wildlife.
- It spread over 55 sq km. Total number of Gangetic dolphins in the world is approximately 1500, but half of them are found here.
Kanwar Lake Bird Sanctuary: National Park and Wildlife Sanctuaries of Bihar
- Established in 1987 and located at Begusarai district of Bihar. It spread across 70 sq km.
- Kabar Taal Lake increase its importance, which is the largest Asia’s largest freshwater oxbow lake. This is the famous place for the birds lovers. This is the home of thousands of birds.
Bhimbandh Wildlife Sanctuary: National Park and Wildlife Sanctuaries of Bihar
- Bhimbandh Wildlife Sanctuary established in 1975 and covers across 700 sq km, situated in Munger district of Bihar state.
- Bhimbandh is situated south of the Ganges River, at the northern edge of Chota Nagpur Plateau and west of Santhal Pargana.
- It is surrounded on all sides by densely inhabited non-forestry areas. In the valley portions and at the foothills are several hot springs of which the finest are at Bhimbandh, Sita Kund and Rishi Kund.
- All the hot springs maintain nearly almost same temperature all year round. Of them, the Bhimbandh springs have the hottest temperature (52 °C to 65 °C) and discharge (0.84-1.12 cum/sec).
Gautam Budha Wildlife Sanctuary: National Park and Wildlife Sanctuaries of Bihar
- Established in 1976 and spread over 140 sq km, situated in Gaya district of Bihar and Koderma district of Jharkhand.
- Leopard and Elephant are the important animals.
Nagi Dam Wildlife Sanctuary: National Park and Wildlife Sanctuaries of Bihar
- Nagi Dam Wildlife Sanctuary is Situated in Jamui District, Nagi Dam Bird Sanctuary is the smallest bird sanctuary in Bihar. It is spread over an area of about 2 sq km near Jhajha. Birdwatchers can identify a large variety of migratory birds.
- Flora:
- Dry moist and sal forest, Mixed Deciduous forest and thorn forest.
- Fauna:
- Mahuadwar Wildlife Sanctuary is home to Leopard, Jungle Cat, Chinkara, Cheetal and many spices of terrestrial and aquatic birds.
Nakti Dam Bird Sanctuary: National Park and Wildlife Sanctuaries of Bihar
- The Nagi Dam (791 ha) and Nakti Dam (332 ha) are two sanctuaries so close to each other that they can be taken as one bird area.
- Nagi is 7 km from Jhagha in the district Jamui, and Nakti is a further 4 km from Nagi, occupying similar habitat.
- These notified sanctuaries are surrounded by rocky hillocks, formed by the damming of streams.
- Both these waterbodies are quite deep, with a clear watersurface. These dams were built to supply water to local farms. There are cultivable lands adjacent to both the waterbodies.
Udaypur Wildlife Sanctuary: National Park and Wildlife Sanctuaries of Bihar
- Udaypur Wildlife Sanctuary (also spelled Udaipur) is a wildlife sanctuary located in West Champaran district of Bihar state, India.
- It was established in 1978, and covers an area of 8.74 km².
- The wildlife sanctuary is predominantly wetland, located on an oxbow lake in the floodplain of the Gandaki River.
- It is home to a variety of water birds, both resident and migratory.
- The sanctuary has areas of swamp forest, dry riverine forest, and khair-sissoo forest (Acacia catechu-Dalbergia sissoo). It is in the Lower Gangetic Plains moist deciduous forests ecoregion.
Also refer :
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- List Of Important Inscriptions In India
