| Nameri National Park & Tiger Reserve | |
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| Location | Sonitpur,AssamIndia |
| Nearest city | Tezpur,India |
| Coordinates | 27°0′36″N92°47′24″E / 27.01000°N 92.79000°E /27.01000; 92.79000 |
| Area | 200 km2 (77.2 sq mi) |
| Established | 1978 |
| Governing body | Ministry of Environment and Forests,Government of India |
| Website | http://nameritr.org |
Nameri National Park is anational park in the foothills of the easternHimalayas in theSonitpur District ofAssam,India, about 35 km fromTezpur. Nameri is about 9 km from Chariduar, the nearest village. It shares its northern boundary with thePakhui Wildlife Sanctuary ofArunachal Pradesh. Together they constitute an area of over 1,000 km2 (390 sq mi), of which Nameri has a total area of 200 km2 (77 sq mi).[1] Nameri National Park was declared as the secondTiger Reserve in the year 2000, and is the second Tiger reserve of Assam afterManas Tiger Reserve. It has two core areas: Nameri National Park and Sonai- Rupai Wildlife (Satellite Core of the Nameri Tiger Reserve). The river Jia-Bharali is the lifeline of Nameri, which flows along the southern boundary of the park from northwest to southeast. In the east, the river Bor-Dikorai is a tributary of river Jia-Bharali, flowing along the southern boundary from northeast to southwest.
TheKameng River of Assam was famous since the time of British for thegolden mahseer angling.[2] Theangling was officially banned in 2011.[citation needed] The main Rivers are Jia- Bhoroli and Bor Dikorai. Othertributaries of these two rivers are:Diji, Dinai,Nameri, Khari, Upper Dikiri which originates in theArunachal Himalayas and flows through Pakke TR and Nameri TR.[3]
The park was declared a reserve forest on 17 October 1978. It was set up as a Nameri Sanctuary on 18 September 1985 with an area of 137 km (85 mi) as a part of Naduar Forest Reserve. Until then the Nameri National Park was heavily used for logging. Another 75 km (47 mi) was added on 15 November 1998 when it was officially established as a National Park.[citation needed]
Nameri National Park harbours over 600floral species includingGmelina arborea,Michelia champaca,Amoora wallichi,Chukrasia tabularis,Lagerstroemia speciosa, Urium poma, Bhelu,agarwood,Rudraksha, Bonjolokia, Hatipolia akhakan,Terminalia myriocarpa,Mesua ferrea. It is home fororchids likeDendrobium,Cymbidium andCypripedioideae.[2]
Nameri National Park provides habitat forBengal tiger,Indian leopard,clouded leopard,marbled cat,leopard cat,hog deer,sambar,dhole,gaur,barking deer,wild boar,sloth bear,Himalayan black bear,capped langur andIndian giant squirrel. Thewhite winged wood duck,great pied hornbill,wreathed hornbill,rufous necked hornbill,black stork,ibisbill,blue-bearded bee-eaters,Old World babblers,plovers and many other birds are also present.[4]
In 2005, 374 bird species were recorded in Nameri National Park.[5]
Nameri faces two threats: One is due to continued official logging in the area ofSonitpur. The other major threat for Nameri is human/animal conflict due to around 3000 cattle grazing the forest.[4] There is another human–animal conflict due to the vast group of elephants in Nameri. This conflict arose mainly due to herds ofIndian elephants raiding crops, damaging homes and killingcattle due to forest cover dropping below 30-40%.[6]In 2001, there were 18 elephant deaths.[7]
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