| Mukundara Hills National Park | |
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 View from Garadiya Mahadev | |
  Location in Rajasthan Show map of Rajasthan Mukundara Hills National Park (India) Show map of India | |
 Interactive map of Mukundara Hills National Park | |
| Location | Rajasthan,India |
| Nearest city | Kota |
| Coordinates | 24°52′05″N75°51′22″E / 24.868°N 75.856°E /24.868; 75.856[1] |
| Area | 759.99 km2 (293.43 sq mi) |
| Established | 2004 |
Mukundara Hills National Park is anational park inRajasthan,India with an area of 759.99 km2 (293.43 sq mi). It was established in 2004 and consists of three wildlife sanctuaries: Darrah Wildlife Sanctuary,National Chambal Sanctuary, and Jawahar Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary. It is located in theKhathiar-Gir dry deciduous forests.[2]
The national park contains large tracts of forests formerly part of the Maharaja ofKota's hunting grounds. The park was embroiled in a political controversy over its nomenclature, when theBharatiya Janata Party state government revoked the decision that it be called the Rajiv Gandhi National Park.[3]
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Mukundara Hills National Park is mountainous and has a variety of plants, trees and animals. It has grasslands in between and also many dry deciduous trees. There are four rivers that flow in this region, the rivers areChambal river,Kali river,Ahu River, Ramzan river.
Tree species in the forests of Mukundara Hills National Park includeAcacia nilotica,Atrocarpus heterophyllus,Aegle marmelos,Azadirachta indica,Bombax ceiba,Breonia (syn.Anthocephalus),Cassia fistula,Citrus aurantifolia,Delonix regia,Dalbergia sissoo,Phyllanthus emblica,Eucalyptus,Ficus religiosa,Ficus glomerata,Ficus benghalensis.
Bengal tiger,Indian wolf andIndian leopard are the major carnivores in this reserve. Prey species includechital,sambar deer,wild boar andnilgai.Sloth bear andchinkara also inhabit the area.Reptiles include themugger crocodile and thegharial.
