Sonai-Rupai Wildlife Sanctuary:
The Assam Forest Department has received the first-ever photographic evidence of the presence of the Royal Bengal Tiger in the Sonai-Rupai Wildlife Sanctuary.
- Sonai-Rupai Wildlife Sanctuary is a protected area located in Assam in India.
- It covers an area of 175 sq.km. The area was declared as a sanctuary in 1998.
- It is located along the foothills of the Great Himalayan Range.
- The eastern boundary of Sonai Rupai Wildlife Sanctuary is marked by the Gabhoru River.
- The western boundary is marked by the Panchnoi River and further west, area is surrounded by the Rowta reserve forest.
- The northern area of the sanctuary shares an interstate boundary with the Kameng reserve forest of the West Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh.
- In the southern area there is the Charduar reserve forest and villages.
- There are four perennial rivers that flow through the sanctuary: Dolsiri, Gabharu, Gelgeli, and Belsiri. During the rainy season, several wetlands known as “bheels” are also found.
- It experiences a sub-tropical type of climate with hot and humid summers, with heavy summer rains often causing floods and river overflows.
- The forest types in the sanctuary comprise tropical evergreen, semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests.
- Some common trees found in the sanctuary include Hollock, Koroi, Nahar, Titasapa, Simul, Sal, Ajar, Hatipeta, and more.
