Indian Wildlife Sanctuaries - Karnataka Nagarhole National Park and the Nagarhole National Park in Karnataka has a unique feature
it shares its boundary with the Bandipur National Park.
Together these two form a segment of the Mudumalai Sanctuary of Tamil Nadu and also a fraction of the Wayanad Reserve of Kerala.
The two are separated from each other by the reservoir-dam on the Kanbi River located south of the park in the Karnataka Nagarhole National Park.
Wildlife Sanctuaries in Karnataka and the Nagarhole National Park in Karnataka measures a good 874 Sq Km in area and is an excellent tourist attraction.
Karnataka Wildlife Sanctuaries and the Nagarhole National Park in Karnataka was deemed a Sanctuary in the year 1955 and was finally awarded the status of a National Park in the year 1975 in the Wildlife Sanctuaries in Karnataka.
The park authorities also organize small scale safaris for visitors. Wildlife Sanctuaries in India and the Nagarhole National Park in Karnataka has, of late, been renamed as the rajiv Gandhi national Park in the Karnataka Nagarhole National Park in the Karnataka Wildlife Sanctuaries and Wildlife Sanctuaries in India.
Karnataka Wildlife Sanctuaries and the Nagarhole National Park in Karnataka derives its name from the two Kannada works “nagar” and “hole”.
The Nagarhole national park lies at a distance of 96 kms from Mysore. This protected territory is the habitat of several endangered species.
Nagarhole derives its name from the root word `Naga' from Kannada language, which means `snake' and `Hole' that means `streams'. Thus the term as a whole point towards the numerous streams that leaps through the rich tropical forests of Nagarhole like a snake.
perennial and seasonal streams also merge into the four rivers.
Also bordering the state of Kerala, the Nagarhole National Park was designated as a game sanctuary in 1955. In 1974, it was extended to its present size combining the Mysore forests within the Nagarhole Wildlife Sanctuary.
The deep valleys and the mesmerising landscapes in the sanctuary make it a picture perfect destination in every manner. Apart from the largest Kabini river that drains the Nagarhole national park, the other three important rivers include Lakshmana, Teentha and Nagarhole. Several
The forests here are moist and dry deciduous with an abundance of teak and rosewood. To the west, where rainfall is greater, the vegetation is mainly tropical moist and semi-evergreen forests.
There are also patches of swampy fallows that are dominated by grasses and sedges, providing ideal grazing areas for many wild herbivores
The former translates as ‘snake’ and the latter as ‘stream’. The name derives from the presence of several serpentine brooks and streams that wind their way through the Nagarhole National Park in Karnataka.
The Nagarhole National Park in Karnataka has a rich imperial background attached to it too. Until a long time, the Nagarhole National Park in Karnataka served as a game forest for generations of Mysore Maharajas.
Apart from the regular fauna, the Nagarhole National Park in Karnataka also boasts of the presence of some 250 species of birds.
Some of the regular animals of the Nagarhole National Park in Karnataka include tigers, leopards, elephants, dhole, gaur, chital, muntjac, mouse deer, four-horned antelope, wild boar, sloth bear, hyena, mongoose, civet and otters in the Wildlife Sanctuaries in India.
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