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    Dudhwa

    national park
    Geography home assignment
    Map of dudhwa national park
    • Major attractions of Dudhwa National Park are the tigers (population 98
    in 1995) and Swamp Deer (population over 1,600). Billy Arjan Singh
    successfully hand-reared and reintroduced zoo-born tigers and leopards
    into the wilds of Dudhwa. Some rare species inhabit the park. Hispid hare,
    earlier thought to have become extinct, was rediscovered here in 1984.
    • In the mid 1980s, Indian rhinoceros was reintroduced into Dudhwa from
    Assam and Nepal.
    • Deer in Dudhwa
    • The other animals to be seen here include Swamp deer, Sambar deer,
    barking deer, spotted deer, hog deer, tiger, Indian rhinoceros, sloth bear,
    ratel, jackal, civets, jungle cat, fishing cat, leopard cat.
    • Dudhwa National Park is a stronghold of the barasingha. Around half of
    the world's barasinghas are present in Dudhwa National Park.Smaller than
    the sambar deer, the barasinghas have 12 antlers that collectively measure
    up to 100 cm (39 in). One can spot herd of these rare animals passing
    through open grasslands. Around half of the surviving population of
    Barasinghas is found in the park. These animals are smaller than sambar
    deer and weigh around 180 kg. Due to their slightly woolly, dark brown to
    pale yellow cloak, the grasslands acts as the perfect camouflage.

    Fauna
    The area of the park falls within the Upper Gangetic plains and is a
    vast alluvial plain ranging in altitude from 150 m (490 ft) in the
    farthest southeast to 182 metres (597 ft) in the extreme north. The
    park's mosaic of high forest interspersed with grasslands is
    characteristic of the Terai ecosystems in India and the area is,
    probably, the last prominent remnant of this type of ecosystem. The
    forests, especially the sal forests, have always been very dense and
    can be categorized into Northern tropical semi-evergreen forest ,
    Northern Indian moist deciduous forest, tropical seasonal
    swamp forest and Northern tropical dry deciduous forest. The main
    flora comprises sal, asna, shisham, jamun, gular, sehore and bahera.
    The grasslands comprise about 19% of the park. The wetlands
    constitute the third major habitat type and include the rivers, streams,
    lakes and marshes. While many of the major wetlands are perennial
    with some amount of surface moisture retained round the year, some
    dry up during hot summer.
    The park is home to one of the finest forests in India, some of these

    Flora
    trees are more than 150 years old and over 70 ft (21 m) tall.
    • Like most of northern India, Dudhwa has an extreme
    Humid Subtropical with dry winter (CWa) type of climate.
    Summers are hot with temperatures rising up to 40 °C (104 °F).
    During winters from mid-October to mid-March, temperatures
    hover between 20 and 30 °C (68 and 86 °F). The months of
    February to April are ideal for visiting the park.
    • Prevalent winds are westerly. The hot wind Loo blows strongly
    from mid-April up to end of May. Monsoon starting in mid-June
    and lasting up to September accounts for 90% of the annual rainfall
    of 150 cm (59 in). Temperatures range from between a minimum
    of9 °C (48 °F) in winter to a maximum of up to 45 °C (113 °F) in
    peak summer.

    Climatic conditions
    • The area was established in 1958 as a wildlife sanctuary for
    Swamp deer. Thanks to the efforts of 'Billy' Arjan Singh the
    area was notified as a national park in January 1977.[2] In 1987,
    the park was declared a Tiger Reserve and brought under the
    purview of the ‘Project Tiger’. Together with the Kishanpur
    Wildlife Sanctuary and the Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary it
    forms the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve.

    History
    Area

    • The Dudhwa National Park is a national park in the Terai of


    Uttar Pradesh, India, and covers an area of 490.3 km2
    (189.3 sq mi), with a buffer zone of 190 km2 (73 sq mi). It is
    part of the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve
    Thank you

    By:- Bhavya Dhwaj Jain


    Class:- 10
    Roll no. :- 1002

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