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Kaziranga National Park

National Park

Kaziranga National Park is a national park in Assam, northeastern India, along the floodplain of the Brahmaputra River, first given protection as a reserve forest in 1905 and later established as a national park in 1974. The park protects the world's largest population of the greater one-horned rhinoceros, along with significant populations of tiger, elephant and wild water buffalo, across tall elephant grass, marshland and dense forest shaped by the Brahmaputra's annual floods. It was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985 in recognition of its exceptional wildlife populations.

Facts
Designation Category
National Park 1
Area (sq km)
1090 1
Governing Body
Government of Assam and Government of India 1
IUCN Category
II 1
Classification
Governance Type
Governance by Government 1
Realm
Terrestrial 1
International Designation
UNESCO World Heritage Site 1
Governing Body
Governing Body (category)
Government of India or an Indian state government 1
FAQs

What wildlife lives in Kaziranga National Park besides rhinoceroses?

Tigers, elephants, panthers, bears and thousands of birds share the park with its one-horned rhinoceroses.

UNESCO describes Kaziranga as one of the last areas in eastern India undisturbed by a human presence. Besides the world's largest population of one-horned rhinoceroses, the park is inhabited by many mammals, including tigers, elephants, panthers and bears, and by thousands of birds.
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Associated With

Assam, States or Territories

Kaziranga National Park lies in the Indian state of Assam.

Source Kaziranga National Park (Wikipedia)
Brahmaputra River, Bodies of Water

Kaziranga National Park is located on the edge of the Brahmaputra River.

Source Kaziranga National Park (Wikipedia)
India, Countries

Kaziranga National Park lies in the Indian state of Assam.

Source Kaziranga National Park (Wikipedia)
Sources
1. Kaziranga National Park (Wikipedia)
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  • Introduction
    Kaziranga National Park is a national park and World Heritage Site
  • Infobox, area_km2
    1090
  • Infobox, governing_body
    Government of Assam , Government of India
  • Infobox, iucn_category
    II
  • Infobox: governing_body
    Government of Assam Government of India
  • Governing body field (existing citation)
    Government of Assam and Government of India
  • Infobox: established
    June 1, 1905 February 11, 1974 (as national park)
  • entity-description, international-designation unesco-world-heritage-site
    It was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985 in recognition of its exceptional wildlife populations.
  • Associated With: India, Lead section
    a national park and World Heritage Site in the Golaghat, Sonitpur, Biswanath and Nagaon districts of the Indian state of Assam.
  • Associated With: Assam, Lead section
    a national park and World Heritage Site in the Golaghat, Sonitpur, Biswanath and Nagaon districts of the Indian state of Assam.
  • Associated With: Brahmaputra River, Lead section
    Located on the edge of the Brahmaputra River
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Wikidata: Kaziranga National Park
  • Wikidata Q192764, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Part Of: India, Wikidata item, property P17 (country)
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Wikidata: India
On Continent: Asia, Wikidata item for India, property P30 (continent)View the Source
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