Kaziranga Tiger Reserve
Why it Matters?
Kaziranga Tiger Reserve now holds the third-highest tiger density in India after Bandipur and Corbett, marking significant progress in conservation efforts.
What You Should Know?
It is located in the floodplains of the Brahmaputra River at the foothills of the Karbi-Anglong hills.
It lies across the civil districts of Golaghat, Nagaon, and Sonitpur in Assam.
The terrain is mostly flat with a gentle east-to-west slope.
River Diffalu flows through the core area, and Moradifalu along the southern boundary.
Biogeographically, it lies in the North East Brahmaputra Valley Province.
Kaziranga's flora includes Eastern wet alluvial grasslands, semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests, wetlands, and grasses like Saccharum and Imperata.
Kaziranga hosts mammals, birds, turtles, snakes, frogs, fishes, including species like the one-horned rhino, Bengal tiger, elephant, and Gangetic dolphin.
Report on the Status of Tigers:
Kaziranga Tiger Reserve (KTR), Assam, now has the third-highest tiger density in India - 18.65 tigers per 100 sq. km.
Bandipur, Karnataka, ranks first with 19.83 tigers/100 sq. km, followed by Corbett, Uttarakhand, with 19.56 tigers/100 sq. km.
The total tigers in KTR in 2024 is 148.