List of protected areas of Assam
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Assam protected areas includes Seven national parks (2.51% of Assam's area), 17 wildlife sanctuaries (1.88% of Assam's area), and two proposed wildlife sanctuaries.[1][2][3]
National parks of Assam
[edit]Sl. No. | Name | Location | Area (km²) | Date/Year of announced as National Park | |
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1 | Kaziranga National Park | Golaghat, Nagaon district and Karbi Anglong | 1090 | 1974 | |
2 | Manas National Park | Kokrajhar, Chirang, Baksa, | 500 | 1990 | |
3 | Nameri National Park | Sonitpur | 200.00 | 1998 | |
4 | Dibru-Saikhowa National Park | Dibrugarh and Tinsukia | 340.00 | 1999 | |
5 | Orang National Park | Darrang and Sonitpur | 78.81 | 13 April 1998 | |
6 | Raimona National Park | Kokrajhar | 422.00 | 8 June 2021 | |
7 | Dehing Patkai National Park | Dibrugarh and Tinsukia | 234.26 | 9 June 2021 [4] |
Wildlife sanctuaries
[edit]Sl. No. | Name | Location | Area (km²)w7suuu | Year of Notificwation |
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1 | Hoollongapar Gibbon Sanctuary | Jorhat | 20.98 | 1997 |
2 | Garampani Wildlife Sanctuary | Karbi Anglong | 6.05 | |
3 | Bura Chapori Wildlife Sanctuary | Sonitpur | 44.06 | |
4 | Bornadi Wildlife Sanctuary | Udalguri and Baksa | 26.22 | 1980 |
5 | Sonai Rupai Wildlife Sanctuary | Sonitpur | 220 | 1998 |
6 | Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary | Marigaon | 38.80 | 1987 |
7 | Panidihing Bird Sanctuary | Sibsagar | 33.93 | |
8 | Bherjan-Borajan-Padumoni Wildlife Sanctuary | Tinsukia | 7.22 | |
9 | Nambor Wildlife Sanctuary | Karbi Anglong | 37.00 | |
10 | East Karbi-Anglong Wildlife Sanctuary | Karbi Anglong | 222.81 | |
11 | Laokhowa Wildlife Sanctuary | Nagaon | 70.13 | |
12 | Chakrashila Wildlife Sanctuary | Dhubri and Kokrajhar | 45.57 | |
13 | Marat Longri Wildlife Sanctuary | Karbi Anglong | 451.00 | |
14 | Nambor-Doigrung Wildlife Sanctuary | Golaghat | 97.15 | |
15 | Borail Wildlife Sanctuary | Cachar and Dima Hasao | 326.25 | |
16 | Amchang Wildlife Sanctuary | Kamrup Metro | 78.64 | |
17 | Deepar Beel Wildlife Sanctuary | Kamrup metro | 4.1 | 1989 |
- Proposed Wildlife Sanctuaries
Biosphere reserve
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "AREA OF THE NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE SANCTUARIES IN ASSAM, 2003" (PDF). Chief Conservator of Forest (WL), Assam. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
- ^ "Department of Environment & Forests (Government of Assam)". Assamforest.in. Archived from the original on 14 August 2012. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
- ^ "Important Bird Areas in India - Assam" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 April 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
- ^ Dihing Patkai is Assam’s 7th National Park
- ^ a b "North Karbi Anglong Wildlife Sanctuaries (Proposed)". Department of Environment & Forests, Government of Assam. Archived from the original on 16 May 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2013.