Nameri National Park
National park in Assam, India / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Nameri National Park is a national park in the foothills of the eastern Himalayas in the Sonitpur District of Assam, India, about 35 km from Tezpur. Nameri is about 9 km from Chariduar, the nearest village.[1]
Nameri National Park & Tiger Reserve | |
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Location | Sonitpur Assam India |
Nearest city | Tezpur, India |
Coordinates | 27°0′36″N 92°47′24″E |
Area | 200 km2 (77.2 sq mi) |
Established | 1978 |
Governing body | Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India |
Website | http://nameritr.org |
Nameri shares its northern boundary with the Pakhui Wildlife Sanctuary of Arunachal Pradesh. Together they constitute an area of over 1,000 km2 (390 sq mi), of which Nameri has a total area of 212 km2 (82 sq mi).[2] Nameri National Park was declared as Tiger Reserve in the year 1999-2000, and is the second Tiger reserve of Assam after Manas Tiger Reserve. It has two core areas: Nameri National Park and Sonai- Rupai Wildlife (Satellite Core of the Nameri Tiger Reserve). The river Jia-Bhoroli is the lifeline of Nameri, which flows along the southern boundary of the park from northwest to southeast. In the east, the river Bor-Dikorai is a tributary of river Jia-Bhoroli, flowing along the southern boundary from northeast to southwest.