Ranthambore National Park
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Ranthambore National Park is a national park in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It covers a total area of Template:Cvt. It is bounded to the north by the Banas River and to the south by the Chambal River. It is named after the historic Ranthambore Fort, which lies within the park.[1]
History
Ranthambore National Park was established as the Sawai Madhopur Game Sanctuary in 1955, initially covering an area of Template:Cvt. It was declared one of the Project Tiger reserves in 1974.[2] It was declared as a national park in 1980.[1]
Features
Ranthambore National Park covers a total area of Template:Cvt including the Kailadevi Sanctuary and Sawai Mansingh sanctuary. The core area is about Template:Cvt. It harbours dry deciduous forests and open grassy meadow at an elevation range of about Template:Cvt.[3]
Ranthambore Fort was built in the 10th century by Chahamanas of Ranastambhapura at Template:Cvt above the surrounding plain. Inside the fort are three red stone temples devoted to Ganesh, Shiva and Ramlalaji. There is a Digamber Jain temple of Sumatinatha and Sambhavanatha. The temples were constructed in the 12th and 13th centuries. Padam Talao is the largest of the many lakes in the park. A red sandstone Jogi Mahal is at the edge of the lake.[1]
Flora
There are over 300 species of trees, including over 100 of medicinal importance.[2] The land features dense tropical dry forest, open bushland and rocky terrain interspersed with lakes and streams. The ecoregion includes Khathiar-Gir dry deciduous forests.[4]
Fauna
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Ranthambore National Park host many wild animals including chital, sambar, blackbuck, chinkara, nilgai, langurs, rhesus macaques, jackals, striped hyenas, jungle cats, caracals, leopard, tiger and sloth bear.[1][5] The park hosts over 270 species of birds, including peafowl, crested serpent eagle, painted francolin and Indian paradise flycatcher.[5][2]
Tigers
Ranthambore is known for its Bengal tiger population. During the past few years, there has been a decline in numbers due to poaching and other reasons.[6] The number of tigers was 25 in 2005 and 48 in 2013.[7][8] As of 2022 census, there were 52 tigers in the national park.[9]
Ecosystem valuation
Economic valuation of the tiger reserve estimated that its flow benefits are worth 8.3 billion rupees (0.56 lakh/hectare) annually. Gene-pool protection services (7.11 billion), provisioning of water to the neighbouring region (115 million) and provisioning of habitat and refuge for wildlife (182 million) were some of the important services that emanated from the tiger reserve. Other services included nutrient cycling (34 million) and sequestration of carbon (69 million).[10]
See also
References
Further reading
- Singh, V.; Shrivastava, A. 2007. Biodiversity of Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve, Rajasthan. Scientific Publishers, Jodhpur. Template:ISBN.
External links
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