Simplipal Odhisa

Budhabalanga,

PalpalaBhandan

, Kharkai River  

and Deo

Climate: Tropical Monsoon

Relatively higher annual precipitation of  

over 200 cm spread over about 135 days.

·Marked variation of temperature range  

between the central and southern  

regions.

Flora:

Forest Type: Northern Tropical Semi  

Evergreen Forests, Northern Tropical  

Moist Deciduous Forests,

Dry Deciduous Hill Forests, High Level Sal  

Forest, Grassland and Savannah

EndemicFlora: Coix grass

Endemic Fauna: Red breasted falconet,  

Slender billed scimitar babbler, Ruddy  

mongoose.

1.Similipal Tiger  

Reserve,

2.Hadgarh Wildlife  

Sanctuary  

3.Kuldiha Wildlife  

Sanctuary

The  

biosphere  

reserve has  

the largest  

zone of Sal in  

all of India.

Yes

9.

Dibru-

Saikhowa

Assam Dibru,  

Bramhaputra

Climate: Tropical monsoon

Flora:

Forest Type: semi wet evergreen forests,  

tropical moist deciduous forest, bamboo,  

swamp forests, cane brakes and  

grasslands.

Endemic Flora: Rauvolfia , Benteak,  

Livistona (orchid)

Endemic Fauna: White winged wood  

duck, Hollock-gibbon, Wild buffalo

1.Dibru-Saikhowa  

National Park

(was declared wildlife  

sanctuary in 1986)

.

Dehang-

Dibang

Arunachal  

Pradesh

Dehang, Debang  

and their  

tributaries

Flora:

Vegetation Types: sub-tropical broad-

leaved, sub-tropical pine, temperate  

broad-leaved, temperate conifer, sub-

alphine woody shrub, alpine meadow  

(monton), bamboo brakes and grassland.

Endemic Flora: Tree fern, Begonia, Lady’s  

slipper orchid

Fauna:

Endemic Fauna: Red panda, Himalayan  

black bear, Green pit viper, Takin

1. Mouling National  

Park

2. Dibang Wildlife  

Sanctuary

No

11.

Panch-

marhi

Madhya  

Pradesh

Denwa

Climate:

Tropical Monsoon climate

The Panchmarhi plateau is cool in  

summer and has heavy rainfall in the  

rainy season, whereas low lands in  

Narmada basin are uncomfortably hot in  

summer with less rainfall

Flora:

Forest Types: moist deciduous, dry  

deciduous, central Indian sub tropical hill  

forest.

Endemic Flora : Sal tree, Selaginella fern,  

Palimorpha bamboo

Endemic Fauna: Barasinga, Wild buffalo,  

Red jungle fowl

1.Bori Sanctuary,

2.Pachmarhi  

Sanctuary

3. Satpura National  

Park

These altogether has  

also been notified  

asSatpura Tiger  

Reserve

Pachmarhi  

BR area is  

often  

recognized  

as “Genetic  

Express  

Highway”  

linking two  

biological  

hot spots of  

the country  

viz. Eastern  

Himalayas  

and Western  

Ghats, also