Nambor - Doigrung Wildlife Sanctuary

Nambor - Doigrung Wildlife Sanctuary
Location Assam, India
Nearest city Golaghat
Area 97.15 sq. km.
Established 2003
Governing body Department of Environment & Forests, Assam

Nambor - Doigrung Wildlife Sanctuary (Assamese: নামবৰ দৈগ্ৰুং অভয়াৰণ্য) is a Morangi located in Golaghat district of Assam in India. This wildlife sanctuary covers an area of 97.15 km2.[1] It is located 25 km from Golaghat town and about 318 km from Guwahati LGBI Airport.[2] The forest type is tropical semi-evergreen with pockets of pure evergreen, interspersed with small forest marshes. The area was declared as a Wildlife sanctuary in 2003.[3] The sanctuary along with Garampani Wildlife Sanctuary (6  km2) and Nambor Wildlife Sanctuary (37 km2) are a part of the Kaziranga-Karbi Anglong Elephant Reserve, which was declared on 17 April 2003, with an estimated area of 3,270 km2.

Biodiversity

Flora
Bhelu, Gomari, Ajar, Nahor, Udiyam, Poma, Bon Som etc. It harbors some rare species of orchids.
Fauna
elephant, hoolock gibbon, stumped tailed macaque, pig tailed macaque, slow loris, Assamese macaque, rhesus macaque, tiger, leopard, fishing cat, barking deer, sambar, wild pigs, gaur, etc.[4]
Birds
white winged wood duck, great pied hornbill, wreathed hornbill, adjutant stork, etc.[4]
Reptiles
tortoise, monitor lizard, python, etc.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Nambor - Doigrung Wildlife Sanctuaries". Department of Environment & Forests, Government of Assam. 2013-04-05. Retrieved 2013-06-17.
  2. ↑ "Nambor - Doigrung Wildlife Sanctuary". assamspider.com. 2000-07-27. Retrieved 2013-06-17.
  3. ↑ Asad Rafi Rahmani; M. Zafar-Ul Islam; Indian Bird Conservation Network (10 December 2004). Important bird areas in India: priority sites for conservation. IBCN, Bombay Natural History Society. ISBN 978-0-19-567333-3. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
  4. 1 2 3 "Welcome to Assam Tourism Official website of Deptt. of Tourism, Assam, India". Assamtourism.org. Retrieved 2013-06-17.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/24/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.