A National park is an area which is strictly reserved for the betterment of the wild life. In these areas, activities like forestry, grazing, or cultivation are not permitted.
Some Important National parks:
Jim Corbett National Park:
- It is located close to Nainital, in Uttarakhand.
- Tigers are found in this park.
- Several species of deer, leopards, jackals, red foxes, black bears, sloth bears, and are also found.
Gir Forest National Park:
- It is located in Gujarat.
- Asiatic lions in their natural habitat can be seen here. Other animals sambar, chinkara, chital, porcupine, wild boar, and blackbuck can be seen here.
Kaziranga National Park:
- Wild animals such as Rhinoceros, Tiger, Elephant, Wild Buffalo, and Swam are seen here.
- Also has bears, leopards, and several species of local and migratory birds.
- This park is famous for one-horned Rhino.
Sundarban National Park:
- Located in West Bengal.
- The Sundarban National Park is a Tiger and Biosphere Reserve on the Ganges
- Bengal tiger, saltwater crocodile, wild boars, foxes, leopard cats, huge turtles, ( river dolphins, and several other varieties of mammals and reptiles, along with a variety of local and migratory birds can be seen here.
Kanha National Park:
- Kanha National Park located in Madhya Pradesh was established as a part of Project Tiger.
- Apart from tigers, animals such as elephants, jackals, leopards, striped hyenas, monkeys, and several varieties of deer including black buck, swamp deer, chital, and sambhar are seen here.
Periyar National park:
- Periyar National Park is in Thekkady, Kerala.
- Various species including the majestic elephants, royal tigers, and fishes, reptiles and birds can be seen here.
Guindy National park:
- This park is located at the heart of Chennai city.
- It is home to spotted deer, blackbucks, white bucks, river otter, hyena, bonnet monkey, civet cat, jackals, pangolin, hedgehog and common mongoose, etc.
Wildlife Sanctuary:
Kalakkad Wildlife Sanctuary:
- The Kalakkad wildlife sanctuary is famous for Tigers.
- Lion-tailed macaque, Nilgiri langur, bonnet macaque, langur, Nilgiri tahr, sambar, sloth bear, gaur, elephant, flying squirrel, panther, wild dog, and pangolin are some of the animals found here.
Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary:
- It is located in Ooty.
- Bengal Tiger, Giant Elephant, and Leopard are found here.
- Elephant safari is famous in this sanctuary.
Mundanthrai Wildlife Sanctuary:
- It is located in Thirunelveli District.
- The major wildlife animal found here is Tiger.
