🌲 Kaziranga National Park

India · Asia · National Park · 26.67°N, 93.35°E

Kaziranga National Park is a national park and World Heritage Site in the Golaghat, Sonitpur, Biswanath and Nagaon districts of the Indian state of Assam. Located on the edge of the Brahmaputra River, it encompasses dense tropical moist broadleaf forests interspersed with tall elephant grass and marshland surrounding numerous beels. This habitat hosts populations of the Indian rhinoceros, Asian elephant, wild water buffalo, swamp deer, tiger and fishing cat. It is recognized as an Important Bird Area and was declared a Tiger Reserve in 2006.

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Quick facts

Country	India
Continent / region	Asia
Protection type	🌲 National Park
Coordinates (approx.)	26.67°N, 93.35°E · view on map

Kaziranga National Park is a national park in India, in Asia. The details of why Kaziranga National Park is ecologically important are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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