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Kumbhalgarh Wildlife Sanctuary is located in the Rajsamand District of Rajasthan State in western India. [3] It surrounds the Kumbhalgarh fortress and covers an area of 610.528 km 2 (236 sq mi). [ 2 ]
Kumbhalgarh (lit. "Kumbhal fort"), also known as the Great Wall of India, [1] is a fortress on the westerly range of Aravalli Hills in Kumbhalgarh in the Rajsamand district of the Rajasthan state in India. Situated approximately 48 km (30 mi) from Rajsamand city, 84 km (52 mi) from Udaipur, it was built during the 15th century by Rana Kumbha. [2]
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The Madhya Pradesh state forest department notified 345 square kilometres (133 sq mi) of the Kuno Palpur area as a Wildlife Sanctuary in 1981. [17] In April 2002, a separate Wildlife Division was established for Kuno, effectively increasing the protected area for wildlife to 1,268.861 square kilometres (489.910 sq mi). [16]
Rajasthan is home to many attractions for domestic and foreign travellers, including the forts and palaces of Jaipur, the lakes of Udaipur, the temples of Rajsamand and Pali, sand dunes of Jaisalmer and Bikaner, Havelis of Mandawa and Fatehpur, the wildlife of Sawai Madhopur, the scenery of Mount Abu, the tribes of Dungarpur and Banswara, and ...
Kumbhalgarh Wildlife Sanctuary: 1971 578.25 Pali, Udaipur: Mount Abu Wildlife Sanctuary: 1960 288.84 Sirohi: Nahargarh Wildlife Sanctuary: 1980 50 Jaipur: National Chambal Wildlife Sanctuary: 1979 280 Kota: Phulwari ki Nal Wildlife Sanctuary: 1983 511.41 Pali, Udaipur: Ramgarh Vishdhari Wildlife Sanctuary: 1982 301 Bundi: Ramsagar Wildlife ...
The Aravalli Range (also spelled Aravali) is a mountain range in Northern-Western India, running approximately 670 km (420 mi) in a south-west direction, starting near Delhi, passing through southern Haryana, [1] Rajasthan, and ending in Ahmedabad Gujarat.
Mount Abu Wildlife Sanctuary spreads out into a plateau which is about 19 km (12 mi) long and 6 km (3.7 mi) wide. In altitude, it ranges from 300 to 1,722 m (984 to 5,650 ft) at Guru Shikhar, [1] the highest peak in Rajasthan. The rocks are igneous and due to the weathering effect of wind and water, large cavities are common in them.