Srisailam Sanctuary :India February 15, 2006
The Srisailam Sanctuary can be one of the site for your vacations in Andhra Pradesh. It is a famous sanctuary of Andhra Pradesh. It is sprawled over 5 adjoining districts of Guntur, Prakasam, Kurnoor, Mahabubnagar, Nalgonda districts. The vegetation of the sanctuary is quite rich having dry deciduous mixed forests.
The sanctuary is surrounded by the Nallamalai hills on the southern and eastern sides, while the Krishna River forms the boundary on the other side. The sanctuary is named after the Nagarjunasagar reservoir, formed by a large dam in the northeastern part. The central and western parts of the sanctuary consist of a plateau, representing one of the oldest geological formations, known as “Archaean” and dating back some 2,000 million years.
Srisailam is situated in the thick and inaccessible forests of the Nallamalai hills, in the northeastern portion of the Nandikotkur Taluk of Kurnool District. It lies on a straight line west of Vijayawada, right as it were in the centre of South India. It is 73 miles north of Nandyal Railway Station. Situated on the banks of River Krishna, in the Nallamalai forest, Srisailam is 232 km south of Hyderabad.
- Posted in : South India Tiger Park, Wild Life in India
- Author : seo4india
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