Satkosia Basipalli Sanctuary :India February 14, 2006
This Satkosia Basipalli Sanctuary is famous for its Gharial breeding project. This is beautifully gifted from flora and fauna. A stay there and trekking in the long gorge is a fascinating experience.
Prominent Fauna Leopard, gaur or mithun, elephant, Himalayan black bear, takin, the wild goat, Patkoi range, musk deer, slow loris, binturong and the red panda. Species like the Assamese macaque, pig-tailed macaque, stump-tailed macaque and the hoolock gibbon.
This sanctuary was established in 1976 and, including a 22 kilometre long gorge where the Mahandi river cuts through the Eastern Ghats, the total sanctuary area is about 796 square kilometres. Dhenkanal is situated to the south of the gorge and to its north is Phulboni district. The nearest town from the sanctuary is Angul, situated at a distance of about 58 kilometres. The nearest railway station is Talcher, about 76 kilometres away, while the nearest airport is at Bhubaneswar, 220 kilometres away. The forest type of Satkoshia sanctuary is one of mixed deciduous forest with predominant species of sal, mahua and bahera. The forest was at one time the habitat of tigers and leopards, but at present these faunal species are rarely found. About 10 kilometres south of the gorge at Purnakote and Labangi, Gharials had made their home in the Mahanadi river and this sanctuary was established primarily to protect the crocodile, an endangered species. A crocodile project was also set up with that objective.
- Posted in : East india Tiger Park, Wild Life in India
- Author : seo4india
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