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  • Jul 05, 2024
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GHARIAL COMEBACK IN BRAHMAPUTRA

Why in the news?

  • Lone female gharial discovered in Kaziranga National Park, potentially reviving species in Brahmaputra after presumed extinction.
  • Wildlife experts eye reintroduction of gharials from Lucknow to support breeding in ideal Kaziranga conditions.
source:eduhub

About Kaziranga National Park:

  • Location: Golaghat and Nagaon districts, Assam
  • Establishment: Declared a national park in 1974
  • UNESCO Status: World Heritage Site, housing two-thirds of the world’s greater one-horned rhinoceros.
  • Area: Largest undisturbed area in the Brahmaputra Valley floodplains.
  • Vegetation: Eastern wet alluvial grasslands, semi-evergreen forests, tropical moist deciduous forests.
  • Flora: Elephant Grasses- Dense and tall, intermixed with small swamplands.
  • Fauna: One-horned rhinoceros, leopard, fishing cat, lesser cats, royal Bengal tiger, large Indian civet, small Indian civet, sambar, barking deer, hog deer, gaur, hog badger, capped langur.
Key Facts about Gharial:

  • Species: Gharial is a freshwater crocodile known for its long and narrow snout.
  • Habitat: They inhabit deep, fast-flowing rivers.
  • Found only in India and Nepal globally.
  • Major populations in India are in the Chambal and Girwa Rivers, and in Nepal’s Rapti-Narayani River.
  • IUCN Status: Critically Endangered.
  • Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972: Listed under Schedule I.
  • CITES: Listed under Appendix I.

 

Associated Article:

https://universalinstitutions.com/kaziranga-national-park/

https://universalinstitutions.com/kaziranga-infra-work-disrupts-wildlife-movement-say-environmentalists/