Manas National Park is a Wildlife Sanctuary, UNESCO Natural World Heritage site, a Project Tiger Reserve, an Elephant Reserve and a Biosphere Reserve in Assam, India located in the Himalayan foothills, it is contiguous with the Royal Manas National park in Bhutan. The park is known for its unusual and endangered endemic wildlife such as the Assam Roofed Turtle, Hispid Hare, Golden Langur and Pygmy Hog.Manas is famous for its population of the Wild water buffalo.
Manas Wildlife Sanctuary is positioned in the State of Assam in North-East India, a biodiversity hotspot covering an area of 39,100 hectares, it spans the Manas river and is bounded to the north by the forests of Bhutan the Manas Wildlife Sanctuary is part of the core zone of the 283,700 hectares Manas Tiger Reserve, and lies alongside the shifting river channels of the Manas River.
Manas National Park includes a range of forested hills, alluvial grasslands and tropical evergreen forests also provides critical and viable habitats for rare and endangered species, including tiger, greater one-horned rhino, swamp deer, pygmy hog and Bengal florican. Manas has exceptional importance within the Indian sub-continent’s protected areas, as one of the most significant remaining natural areas in the region, where sizeable populations of a large number of threatened species continue to survive.
Manas National Park
Manas Wildlife Sanctuary is positioned in the State of Assam in North-East India, a biodiversity hotspot covering an area of 39,100 hectares, it spans the Manas river and is bounded to the north by the forests of Bhutan the Manas Wildlife Sanctuary is part of the core zone of the 283,700 hectares Manas Tiger Reserve, and lies alongside the shifting river channels of the Manas River.
Manas National Park includes a range of forested hills, alluvial grasslands and tropical evergreen forests also provides critical and viable habitats for rare and endangered species, including tiger, greater one-horned rhino, swamp deer, pygmy hog and Bengal florican. Manas has exceptional importance within the Indian sub-continent’s protected areas, as one of the most significant remaining natural areas in the region, where sizeable populations of a large number of threatened species continue to survive.
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