CrackitToday App

Indravati National Park

Kumari Sonali

Indravati National Park:

Security forces have encountered maoists in anti-Naxal operations in the Indravati National Park area of Chhattisgarh.

  • Indravati National Park is located in the Bijapur district of
  • It was declared as a tiger reserve in 1983 under the Project Tiger of India.
  • The park derives its name from the Indravati River, which flows from east to west and forms the northern boundary of the reserve with the Indian state of Maharashtra.
  • It mainly comprises undulating hilly terrain with altitudes ranging between 177 to 599 m above sea level.
  • It has connectivity with several tiger reserves, viz. Kawal (Telangana), Tadoba (Maharashtra) and Kanha (Madhya Pradesh).
  • It consists of three major forest types: Moist Mixed Deciduous Forest with Teak, Moist Mixed Deciduous Forest without Teak, and Southern Dry Mixed Deciduous
  • It is home to one of the last populations of rare wild buffalo.
  • Other animals include Nilgai, Black Buck, Sambar, Gaur, Tiger, Leopard, Chital, Sloth bears, etc.

...Read more on our test console

...Read these too

  • Raimona National Park

    Raimona National Park: A team of scientists recorded a lone mainland serow (Capricornis sumatraensis thar) at 96 metres above the mean sea level in western Assam’s Raimona National Park. Raimona…

  • Kuno National Park

    Kuno National Park: Five cheetahs were released into the wild in Kuno National Park (KNP) in Madhya Pradesh's Sheopur district recently. Kuno National Park is located in the Morena and…

  • Kaziranga National Park

    Kaziranga Has Become The First In The Country To Use Satellite Phones: Kaziranga has become the first in the country to use satellite phones, which are generally used by the…