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The Agasthyamala Biosphere Reserve is located in the southernmost end of the Western Ghats and incorporates peaks rising 1,868 m (6,129 ft) above sea level. It covers 3,500 km and encompasses tropical forest ecosystems that fall within the Tirunelveli and Kanyakumari districts of Tamil Nadu and the Thiruvananthapuram and Kollam districts of ...
Bio reserved of india full map of india . The Agasthyamala Biosphere Reserve is a biosphere reserve in India established in 2001, located in the southernmost end of the Western Ghats and includes 3,500.36 km 2 (1,351.50 sq mi) of which 1828 km 2 is in Kerala and 1672.36 km 2 is in Tamil Nadu.
Shendurney Wildlife Sanctuary is a protected area in the Western Ghats, India, located in Kollam district [2] of Kerala and comes under the control of the Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve. It was established on 25 August 1984 and comprises 172.403 square kilometres (66.565 sq mi).
The Peppara Wildlife Sanctuary is a wildlife sanctuary in Thiruvananthapuram district of Kerala, India.It consists of the catchment area of the Karamana River, which originates from Chemmunjimottai, the tallest hill within the sanctuary.
Brahmagiri River passing through Brahmagiri Wildlife Sanctuary Poisonous red mushroom found in Brahmagiri Wildlife Sanctuary. The Brahmagiri Wildlife Sanctuary is located in Kodagu District, Karnataka State, India, within the Western Ghats and about 250 km from Bengaluru.
The Indian government has established 18 biosphere reserves [5] (categories roughly correspondingly to IUCN Category V Protected areas) to protect larger areas of natural habitat than a typical national park or animal sanctuary, and that often include one or more national parks or reserves, along with buffer zones that are open to some economic ...
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This reserve includes 3,500.36 km 2 (1,351.50 sq mi) out of which 1,828 square kilometres (706 sq mi) is in Kerala and 1,672.36 square kilometres (645.70 sq mi) is in Tamil Nadu. [ 24 ] [ 25 ] The Western Ghats , Agasthyamalai Sub-Cluster, including all of Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve , included in Man and the Biosphere(MAB) programme by the ...