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- Bharatpur
Wildlife Sanctuary
One of the finest bird parks in the world, Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary
(Keoladeo Ghana National Park) is a reserve that offers protection
to faunal species as well. Nesting indigenous water- birds as
well as migratory water birds and waterside birds, this sanctuary
is also inhabited by Sambar, Chital, Nilgai and Boar.
- Sariska
Wildlife Sanctuary
This park is situated only 200 km from Delhi and 107 kms from
Jaipur. Although larger than Ranthambor, it is less commercialised
and has less tigers but a similar topography. It covers an area
of 800 sq km in total, with a core area of approximately 500
sq km.
- Gir
National Park & Sanctuary
The Gir National Park,
was established on 18th September, 1965, as a Forest Reserve,
primarily to conserve the Asiatic lion. The total area under
national park status is about 2,450 hectares. It is located
in the Junagadh District of Gujarat, about 65 km south-east
of Junagadh city, and 90 km east of Keshod Airport, in the Kathiawar
(Saurashtra) Peninsula. Sasan, with a forest rest-house, is
the headquarters of the sanctuary.
- Periyar
Wildlife Sanctuary
Situated on an area of 777 square kilometers in the Cardamom
hills region of the Western Ghats the Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary
is one of the largest and most frequented wildlife reserves
in India. 350 square kilometers area forming the core region
was declared as a National Park in 1982. In 1895 a dam was built
across Periyar River to provide irrigation facilities in Tamil
Nadu.
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