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Kaziranga National Park
| Site number: | 337 |
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| Type of site: | Natural | |
| Date: | - | |
| Date of Inscription: | 1985 | |
| Location: | Asia, India, State of Assam | |
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| Description: | Kaziranga National Park, lying in the heart of Assam, is one of the last areas in eastern India untouched by a human presence. The world's largest population of one-horned rhinoceroses inhabits the area, as well as many other mammals, such as tigers, elephants, panthers and bears, and thousands of birds. --WHMNet paraphrase from the description at WHC Site, where additional information is available. For 360 degree imaging of this site, click here. | |
| Kaziranga National Park is a national park in the Golaghat and Nagaon districts of Assam, India. It is a World Heritage Site, and two-thirds of the world's Great One-horned Rhinoceroses live in the park. Kaziranga has the highest density of tigers among protected areas in the world and was declared a Tiger Reserve in 2006. The park has large breeding populations of elephants, water buffalo and swamp deer. Kaziranga is recognised as an Important Bird Area by Birdlife International for conservation of avifaunal species. The park has achieved notable success in wildlife conservation compared to other protected areas in India. Located on the edge of the Eastern Himalaya biodiversity hotspot, the park combines high-species diversity and visibility. Kaziranga is a vast expanse of tall elephant grass, marshland and dense tropical moist broadleaf forests crisscrossed by four major rivers, including the Brahmaputra, and has numerous small bodies of water. Kaziranga has been the theme of several books, documentaries and songs. The park celebrated its centenary in 2005 after its establishment in 1905 as a reserve forest. --Wikipedia. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. For 360 degree imaging of this site, click here. | ||
| Source: | http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/337 | |
| Reference: | 1. UNESCO World Heritage Center, Site Page. | |