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TRUE MENTORS BY ARUN KUMAR AIR-5 SSC CGL 2023

Biosphere Reserves in India


 Total Biosphere Reserves in India-18
 UNESCO Recognized Biosphere Reserves in India-12
 Largest Biosphere Reserve in India-The Gulf of Kachchh
 First Biosphere Reserve in India-Nilgiri -1986.
 Smallest-Dibru-Saikhowa
 Most No. of Biosphere reserve India-Tamil Nadu-3
 Latest added Biosphere reserve-Panna, Madhya Pradesh

Biosphere Year of Location (States)


Reserve Notification
Nilgiri 1986 Part of Wayanad, Nagarhole, Bandipur and Madumalai, Nilambur, Silent
Valley, and Siruvani hills (Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Karnataka).
Nanda Devi 1988 Part of Chamoli, Pithoragarh, and Bageshwar districts (Uttarakhand).
Nokrek 1988 Part of Garo Hills (Meghalaya).
Great Nicobar 1989 Southernmost islands of Andaman And Nicobar (A&N Islands).
Gulf of Mannar 1989 The Indian part of the Gulf of Mannar between India and Sri Lanka
(Tamil Nadu).
Manas 1989 (Assam)
Sunderbans 1989 Part of the delta of Ganges and Brahmaputra river system.
(West Bengal).
Simlipal 1994 Part of the Mayurbhanj district (Orissa).
Dibru-Saikhowa 1997 Part of Dibrugarh and Tinsukia Districts (Assam).
Dehang-Dibang 1998 Part of Siang and Dibang Valley in Arunachal Pradesh.
Pachmarhi 1999 Parts of Betul, Hoshangabad, and Chindwara districts of Madhya
Pradesh.
Khangchendzonga 2000 Parts of Khangchendzonga hills and Sikkim.
Agasthyamalai 2001 Kerala and TamilNadu
Achanakamar – 2005 Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh State.
Amarkantak
Kachchh 2008 Gujarat
Cold Desert 2009 Pin Valley National Park and surroundings; Chandratal and Sarchu &
Kibber Wildlife Sanctuary in Himachal Pradesh.
Seshachalam Hills 2010 Seshachalam Hill Ranges covers parts of the Chittoor and Kadapa
districts of Andhra Pradesh.
Panna 2011 P in Madhya Pradesh.

UNESCO Recognized Biosphere Reserves in India-12


Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve
Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve
Sundarbans Biosphere Reserve Nokrek Biosphere Reserve

Simlipal Biosphere Reserve Agasthyamala Biosphere Reserve


Achanakmar-Amarkantak Biosphere Reserve Kanchenjunga Biosphere Reserve
Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve Panna Biosphere Reserve

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