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The park derives its name from naga, meaning snake and hole, referring to streams. The park was an exclusive hunting reserve of the kings of the Wodeyar dynasty, the former rulers of the Kingdom of Mysore. It was set up in 1955 as a wildlife sanctuary and later its area increased to 643.39 km (399.78 mi). It was upgraded into a national park in ...
Tiger reserves consist of a core area which includes part(s) of protected areas such as a national park or a wildlife sanctuary and a buffer zone which is a mix of forested and non-forested land. Project tiger is aimed at performing the necessary activities to ensure viability of tiger population in the core area and to promote a balance ...
Arches National Park will start using time entry per vehicle starting on April 1, 2025. Reservations for April are already open and timed entry will be in effect between 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. except ...
It is bounded by protected area network of Nagarhole National Park and Bandipur National Park in Karnataka in the northeast, and on the southeast by Mudumalai National Park in Tamil Nadu. The Western Ghats , Nilgiri Sub-Cluster (6,000 + km 2 ), including all of the sanctuary, is under consideration by the World Heritage Committee for selection ...
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Lotus, the state flower Lone Indian elephant (Elephas maximus indicus), the state animal, in Nagarahole National Park The tiger (Panthera tigris).Karnataka has around 10% of the tiger population in India Dodda Alada Mara, a giant 400-year-old banyan near Bangalore Peacock (Pavo cristatus) in Bandipur National Park The Malabar gliding frog (Rhacophorus malabaricus) found in the Western Ghats ...
India's first national park was established in 1936, now known as Jim Corbett National Park, in Uttarakhand. In 1970, India had only five national parks. In 1970, India had only five national parks. In 1972, India enacted the Wildlife Protection Act and Project Tiger in 1973 to safeguard the habitats of conservation reliant species and ...
Glacier National Park covers more than 1 million acres of northwest Montana. Blackfeet Indian Reservation borders it to the east, Flathead National Forest to the southwest and Canada’s Waterton ...