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Gir National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary, also known as Sasan Gir, is a forest, national park, and wildlife sanctuary near Talala Gir in Gujarat, India. It is located 43 km (27 mi) north-east of Somnath , 65 km (40 mi) south-east of Junagadh and 60 km (37 mi) south-west of Amreli .
UTM projection - WGS84 datum Scale: 1:2,000,000. Note: The Gir National Park and sanctuary borders may not be accurate due to the imprecision of the reference map.For example, the top of the reference map is not at the North but close to 12° and the settlements positions are not accurate.
A family of Asiatic lions at Gir National Park. The Gujarat state of western India has four National Parks and twenty-three wildlife sanctuaries which are managed by the Forest Department of the Government of Gujarat. [1] [2] [3]
Five protected areas currently exist to protect the Asiatic lion: Gir Sanctuary, Gir National Park, Pania Sanctuary, Mitiyala Sanctuary, and Girnar Sanctuary. The first three protected areas form the Gir Conservation Area, a 1,452 km 2 (561 sq mi) large forest block that represents the core habitat of the lion population. The other two ...
The Gir Forest in the State of Gujarat, India is the last natural habitat of more than 674 wild Asiatic lions, though plans are afoot to re-introduce some to Kuno National Park in the neighboring State of Madhya Pradesh to ensure their longterm survival against epidemics and natural calamities.
By road: Gir National Park is 60 km from Junagadh, the most common base for making a visit, and 360 km from Ahmedabad. The main centre is at Sasan Gir that has a forest guest house maintained by the Forest Department, opposite the railway station. There are hotels and guest-houses at Sasan as well as nearby places.
Hiran River is a river in Gujarat in western India, whose source is near the Sasa hills in Gir forest.Its drainage basin has a maximum length of 40 km (25 miles). The total catchment area of the basin is 518 km (322 miles).
Tulsishyam is located on the border of Amareli, Junagadh district and Gir Somnath district, in the Gir National Park in Gujarat state of India. It reachable by road 45 km from Dhari in Amreli district and 35 km from Una in Gir Somnath district. Ruled by the Kotilas's of Dedan ,last ruler was kumarshree Jilubapu Kotila.