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Name of National Park Area km 2 District Major wildlife supported Notified Gir Forest National Park: 258.71: Junagadh: Asiatic lion, leopard, chausingha, spotted deer, hyena, sambar deer, chinkara
The natural vegetation is a dry deciduous forest with trees up to 25 meters in height, with areas of thorn scrub. The vegetation has been much altered by centuries of intensive agriculture and grazing. The North Western Ghats moist deciduous forests cover the Western Ghats range in the extreme southeastern portion of Gujarat.
Gujarat Forest Department The Rampara Wildlife Sanctuary is a protected area located in the Morbi district of Gujarat , India . Established in November 1988, the sanctuary spans approximately 15 square kilometres and is managed by the Gujarat Forest Department.
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.
The Banni region was created by the 1819 earthquake. Vegetation in Banni is sparse and highly dependent on year-to-year variations in rainfall. Banni is dominated by low-growing forbs and graminoids, many of which are halophiles (salt tolerant), as well scattered tree cover and scrub.
The Khathiar–Gir dry deciduous forests (also Kathiarbar-Gir or Kathiawar-Gir) is a mostly arid ecoregion in northwestern India that stretches over 103,100 sq mi (267,000 km 2) across Gujarat, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. The dry deciduous forests in the region are dominated by teak, and thorny trees and scrub in drier areas. [3]
Janki Van (Gujarati: જાનકી વન) is forestry project (park) developed under Gujarat Forestry Development Project by Social Forestry department, Gujarat. Janki Van is located at Bhinar village, Vansda tehsil, Navsari district, Gujarat, India. The Forest Department of Gujarat State maintains the Janki Van.
Source of data for the background map: NGDC World Data Bank II, VMap-0; Gujarat locator map: Image:India_Gujarat_locator_map.svg (modified) created by PlaneMad and originally released under GFDL / CC-BY-SA; Reference for the Gir Nat. Park and sanctuary borders: Gujarat's Forest Department map (geo-rectified) in addition with U.S. Army maps (see ...