Nameri National Park
National park in Assam, India
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::summary National park in Assam, India ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Nameri National Park & Tiger Reserve |
| photo | Nameri Signage (English).jpg |
| map | India Assam#India |
| iucn_category | II |
| mapframe-zoom | 8 |
| location | Sonitpur, Assam India |
| nearest_city | Tezpur, India |
| coords | |
| area | 200 km2 |
| established | 1978 |
| relief | 1 |
| mapframe | Yes |
| governing_body | Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India |
| website | http://nameritr.org |
| :: |
| name = Nameri National Park & Tiger Reserve | photo = Nameri Signage (English).jpg | photo_caption = | map = India Assam#India | map_caption = | iucn_category = II | mapframe-zoom = 8 | location = Sonitpur, Assam India | nearest_city = Tezpur, India | coords = | area = 200 km2 | established = 1978 | visitation_num = | visitation_year = | relief = 1 | mapframe = Yes | governing_body = Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India | website = http://nameritr.org
Nameri National Park is a national park in the foothills of the eastern Himalayas in the Sonitpur District of Assam, India, about 35 km from Tezpur. Nameri is about 9 km from Chariduar, the nearest village. It shares its northern boundary with the Pakhui Wildlife Sanctuary of Arunachal Pradesh. Together they constitute an area of over 1000 km2, of which Nameri has a total area of 200 km2. Nameri National Park was declared as the second Tiger Reserve in the year 2000, and is the second Tiger reserve of Assam after Manas Tiger Reserve. It has two core areas: Nameri National Park and Sonai- Rupai Wildlife (Satellite Core of the Nameri Tiger Reserve). The river Jia-Bharali is the lifeline of Nameri, which flows along the southern boundary of the park from northwest to southeast. In the east, the river Bor-Dikorai is a tributary of river Jia-Bharali, flowing along the southern boundary from northeast to southwest.
Rivers
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The Kameng River of Assam was famous since the time of British for the golden mahseer angling. The angling was officially banned in 2011. The main Rivers are Jia- Bhoroli and Bor Dikorai. Other tributaries of these two rivers are: Diji, Dinai, Nameri, Khari, Upper Dikiri which originates in the Arunachal Himalayas and flows through Pakke TR and Nameri TR.
History
The park was declared a reserve forest on 17 October 1978. It was set up as a Nameri Sanctuary on 18 September 1985 with an area of 137 km as a part of Naduar Forest Reserve. Until then the Nameri National Park was heavily used for logging. Another 75 km was added on 15 November 1998 when it was officially established as a National Park.
Flora
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Nameri National Park harbours over 600 floral species including Gmelina arborea, Michelia champaca, Amoora wallichi, Chukrasia tabularis, Lagerstroemia speciosa, Urium poma, Bhelu, agarwood, Rudraksha, Bonjolokia, Hatipolia akhakan, Terminalia myriocarpa, Mesua ferrea. It is home for orchids like Dendrobium, Cymbidium and Cypripedioideae.
Fauna
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Nameri National Park provides habitat for Bengal tiger, Indian leopard, clouded leopard, marbled cat, leopard cat, hog deer, sambar, dhole, gaur, barking deer, wild boar, sloth bear, Himalayan black bear, capped langur and Indian giant squirrel. The white winged wood duck, great pied hornbill, wreathed hornbill, rufous necked hornbill, black stork, ibisbill, blue-bearded bee-eaters, Old World babblers, plovers and many other birds are also present.
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/A_pair_of_Asian_fairy_Bluebird_in_Nameri.jpg" caption="A pair of [[Asian fairy bluebird]]s in Nameri National Park"] ::
In 2005, 374 bird species were recorded in Nameri National Park.
Conflicts and threats
Nameri faces two threats: One is due to continued official logging in the area of Sonitpur. The other major threat for Nameri is human/animal conflict due to around 3000 cattle grazing the forest. In 2001, there were 18 elephant deaths.
References
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- Barua, M.. "The birds of Nameri National Park, Assam, India". Forktail.
- (2011). "Habitat loss and human–elephant conflict in Assam, India: does a critical threshold exist?". Oryx.
- "Protected Area update".
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