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India -
Kaziranga
National Park
(1985) |
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 Kaziranga
National
Park
is a
national
park
in
the
Golaghat
and
Nagaon
districts
of
Assam,
India.
It
is a
World
Heritage
Site,
and
two-thirds
of
the
world's
Great
One-horned
Rhinoceroses
live
in
the
park.
Kaziranga
has
the
highest
density
of
tigers
among
protected
areas
in
the
world
and
was
declared
a
Tiger
Reserve
in
2006.
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The
park
has
large
breeding
populations
of
elephants,
water
buffalo
and
swamp
deer.
Kaziranga
is
recognised
as
an
Important
Bird
Area
by
Birdlife
International
for
conservation
of
avifaunal
species.
The
park
has
achieved
notable
success
in
wildlife
conservation
compared
to
other
protected
areas
in
India.
Located
on
the
edge
of
the
Eastern
Himalaya
biodiversity
hotspot,
the
park
combines
high-species
diversity
and
visibility. |
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Kaziranga
is a
vast
expanse
of
tall
elephant
grass,
marshland
and
dense
tropical
moist
broadleaf
forests
crisscrossed
by
four
major
rivers,
including
the
Brahmaputra,
and
has
numerous
small
bodies
of
water.
Kaziranga
has
been
the
theme
of
several
books,
documentaries
and
songs.
The
park
celebrated
its
centenary
in
2005
after
its
establishment
in
1905
as a
reserve
forest. |
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