Biospere reserves and location Flashcards
Achnakamar-Amarkantak
M.P. and Chhattisgarh (Maikal Hills)
Agasthyamalai
Neyyar, Peppara and Shendurney Wildlife Sanctuaries in Kerala
Cold Desert
Pin Valley National Park, Chandratal and Sarchu & Kibber Wildlife Sanctuary in Himachal Pradesh
Dehang-Dibang
Arunachal Pradesh
Dibru-Saikhowa
Assam
Great Nicobar
A&N Islands
Gulf of Mannar
Tamil Nadu
Kachchh
Gujarat
Khangchendzonga
Sikkim
Manas
Assam
Nanda Devi
Uttarakhand
Nilgiri (India’s first Biosphere Reserve)
Parts of Wayanad, Nagarhole, Bandipur and Madumalai, Nilambur, Silent Valley and Siruvani hills (Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Karnataka)
Nokrek
Garo hills (Meghalaya)
Pachmarhi
M.P.
Seshachalam Hill
Andhra Pradesh
Simlipal
Odisha
Sunderbans
West Bengal
Panna
M.P.
largest Biosphere Reserve
Gulf of Kachchh, Gujarat
the smallest Biosphere Reserve
Dibru-Saikhowa, Assam
Banni Grasslands and Chari-Dhand Wetland Conservation Reserve
Rann of Kachchh:
Nanda Devi peak is drained by
Rishi Ganga
Dibru-Saikhowa Drained by
Brahmaputra river, Lohit river and Dibru river
Satpura National Park, Bori Sanctuary and Pachmarhi Sanctuary are present.
Pachmarhi:
Achanakamar-Amarkantak Drained by
Narmada, Johilla and Son river
Maikal ranges together with Vindhya and Satpura lies within
Achanakamar-Amarkantak
Mugger Crocodile Management Programme” was started
Simlipal
Cambell Bay National Park and Galathea National Park are presen
Great Nicobar