Bandhavgarh National Park (Devanagari: ) is one of the

popular national parks in India located in theUmaria district of Madhya Pradesh.

Bandhavgarh was declared a national park in 1968, with an area of 105 km2. The buffer is
spread over the forest divisions of Umaria and Katni and totals 437 km2.
The four main zones of the national park are Tala, Magdhi, Khitauli, and Panpatta. Tala is the
richest zone in terms of biodiversity, mainly tigers. Together, these four ranges comprise the
'Core' of the Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve constituting a total area of 694 km2.
The richness and tranquility of grasslands invites pairs of sarus cranes to breed in the rainy
season.

Kanha Tiger Reserve, also called Kanha National Park, is one of the tiger reserves of
India and the largest national park ofMadhya Pradesh, state in the heart of India. The presentday Kanha area was divided into two sanctuaries, Hallon and Banjar, of 250 and
300 km2 respectively.
Today it stretches over an area of 940 km2 in the two districts Mandla and Balaghat.
Kanha and Satpura National Park being a part of Gondwana, now famous as a tiger reserve,
was once ruled by wild Indian elephants.[6
An exciting conservation effort in this national park is the reintroduction of barasingha.
The gaur will be relocated to Bandhavgarh and some barasingha will be relocated toSatpura
Tiger Reserve The objective of this project is to introduce about 500 barasingha in this
national park to eight or nine different locations. There is also a project to capture about
twenty tigers and relocate them to Satpura Tiger Reserve.[7]
Members of the Baiga tribe, a semi-nomadic tribe of central India that is reliant on the forest,
lived in 28 villages that had been within the Kanha National Park until 1968, when they were
relocated. The relocation was part of an effort to maintain a critical tiger habitat.[8]

Madhav National Park is situated in Shivpuri District of Gwalior region

northwest Madhya Pradesh, India. It was named after Madho Rao Scindia.

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Madhav National Park has an area of 354 km2. It was set up in 1959. The national park is
open year round. With a varied terrain of wooded hills the forest being dry, mixed
and deciduous- and flat grasslands around the lake, it offers abundant opportunities of
sighting a variety of wildlife.
Sakhya Sagar and Madhav Sagar lakes, created on Manier River in 1918, are two important
biodiversity support systems in the park besides several perennial and seasonal streams and
nallahs. Sakhya Sagar Lake is situated on the edge of forests of Madhav National Park. On
the shores of the lake is a boat club also known as a sailing club. The Sakhya Sagar Lake is

the habitat of variety of reptiles. Species that can be seen here are marsh or mugger
crocodile, Indian python and the monitor lizard.

Panna National Park is a national park located in Panna and Chhatarpur districts of Madhya
Pradesh in India
The National Park is situated at a point where the continuity of the Tropical and subtropical
dry broadleaf forests belt, which starts from Cape Comorin in South India, is broken and
beyond this the Upper Gangetic Plains moist deciduous forests of the great Indo-Gangetic
Plain begins. This area is the northernmost tip of the natural teak forests and the easternmost
tip of the natural 'Kardhai' Anogeissus pendula forests.
The forests of Panna National Park along with Ken Gharial Wildlife Sanctuary and adjoining
territorial divisions form a significant part of the catchment area of the 406 km (252 mi) Ken
River which runs northeast for about 72 km (45 mi) through the park.[1]
It is notable that by 2009, the entire tiger population had been eliminated by poaching with
the collusion of forest department officials.[2]
It is designated as Biosphere Reserve on 25 August 2011.

Pench National Park is in Seoni and Chhindwara districts of Madhya Pradesh in India. It
derives its name from the Pench Riverthat flows through the park from north to south
dividing the park into almost equal western and eastern halves, the well forested areas
of Seoni and Chhindwara districts respectively.
The park is famous for rafting.
The area of the present Pench Tiger Reserve has been described in Ain-i-Akbari.

Navegaon
National
Park is
a national
park located
in
the Gondia district
of Maharashtra, India. Navegaon, a popular forest resort in the Vidarbha region, the
easternmost part of Maharashtra, was built in the 18th century. The picturesque lake set
amidst lush green hills at Navegaon, has a watch-tower beside it.
The Dr Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary, Navegaon is home to almost 60% of the bird species found
in entire Maharashtra. It is an important conservation unit in Central India in general and
Vidarbha in particular. It acts a Green-lung for the adjoining human settlements and helps
in maintaining the environmental balance.

Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve is a tiger reserve in Chandrapur district of Maharashtra state
in central India. It is notable as Maharashtra's oldest and largest national park. It is one of
India's 43 "Project Tiger" - tiger reserves. The name 'Tadoba' is the name of the God
"Tadoba" or "Taru", praised by the tribal people who live in the dense forests of the Tadoba
and Andhari region, while the Andhari River that meanders through the forest. gives the
'Andhari' name.
The Sariska Tiger Reserve is an Indian national park and wildlife refuge located in
the Alwar district of the state of Rajasthan. The topography of Sariska supports scrub-thorn
arid forests, rocky landscapes, dry deciduous forests, rocks, grasses and hilly cliffs.
The area of Sariska, being a part of the Aravalli Range, is rich in mineral resources, such
as copper.

Ranthambore National Park (Hindi: ) or Ranthambhore is one of

the largest national parks in northernIndia, covering an area of 392 km. It is situated in
the Sawai Madhopur district of southeastern Rajasthan.
Ranthambore National Park lies at the edge of a plateau and is bounded to the north by the
Banas River and to the south by the Chambal River.
Ranthambore Fort: The majestic fort, built in the 10th century, towers over the entire park
area. It stands 700 feet above the surrounding plain. Inside the fort, there are three red Karauli
stone temples devoted to Ganesh, Shiva and Ramlalaji. There is a Digamber Jain temple of
Lord Sumatinath (5th Jain Tirthankar) and Lord Sambhavanath. The temples were
constructed in the 12th and 13th centuries.
Padam Talao: This is the largest of the many lakes located in the park. A red sandstone Jogi
Mahal can be found at the edge of the lake. A gigantic banyan tree, considered to be Indias
second largest, is also near the lake.

National Chambal Sanctuary, also called the National Chambal Gharial Wildlife
Sanctuary, is a 5,400 km2 (2,100 sq mi) tri-state protected area in northern India for
the critically endangered gharial (small crocodiles), the red-crowned roof turtle and
theendangered Ganges
river
dolphin.
Located
on
the Chambal
River near
the tripoint of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, it was first declared in Madhya
Pradesh in 1978, and now constitutes a long narrow eco-reserve co-administered by the three
states. Within the sanctuary, the pristine Chambal River cuts through mazes of ravines and
hills with many sandy beaches.

Desert National Park, Rajasthan, India, is situated in the west Indian state of Rajasthan near
the town of Jaisalmer. This is one of the largest national parks, covering an area of 3162 km.
The Desert National Park is an excellent example of the ecosystemof the Thar Desert. Sand
dunes form around 20% of the Park. The major landform consists of craggy rocks and
compact salt lake bottoms, intermedial areas and fixed dunes.
Despite a fragile ecosystem there is an abundance of birdlife. The region is a haven
for migratory and
resident
birds
of
the
desert.
Many eagles, harriers, falcons, buzzards, kestrel and vultures. Short-toed
eagles, tawny
eagles, spotted eagles, laggar falcons and kestrels are the most common among these. Sand
grouse are spotted near small ponds or lakes. The endangered great Indian bustard is a
magnificent bird found in relatively fair numbers. It migrates locally in different seasons. The
most suitable time to visit the area is between November and January. The Desert National
Park has a collection of fossils of animals and plants of 180 million years old. Some fossils
of dinosaurs of 6 million years old have been found in the area.[1]
Gadsisar Sagar Tank: This tank is among the tourist places in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan. Thousands
of migratory birds come to this place every year.

Keoladeo Ghana National Park is a man-made and man-managed wetland and one of
the national parks of India. The reserve protects Bharatpur from frequent floods, provides grazing
grounds for village cattle, and earlier was primarily used as awaterfowl hunting ground. The
29 km2 (11 sq mi) reserve is locally known as Ghana, and is a mosaic of dry grasslands,
woodlands, woodland swamps and wetlands.

Dachigam National Park is located 22 kilometers from Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. It covers
an area of 141 km2. The name of the park literally stands for "ten villages" which could be in
memory of the ten villages that were relocated for its formation. Dachigam National park is
located in the Zabarwan Range of the western Himalayas. The mountainsides below the tree line
are heavily wooded. Most of this coniferous forest consists of broad leaf species. Interspersed
between these are alpine pastures, meadows, waterfalls and scrub vegetation with deep gullies,
locally known as Nars, running down the mountain face.

Hemis National Park (or Hemis High Altitude National Park) is a high altitude national park in
the eastern Ladakh region of the state of Jammu and Kashmir in India. World famous for being
the best place to see the snow leopard in the wild, it is believed to have the highest density of
snow leopards of any protected area in the world. [1] It is the only national park in India north of
theHimalayas, the largest notified protected area in India (and thus the largest national park of
India), and is the second largest contiguous protected area after the Nanda Devi Biosphere
Reserve and surrounding protected areas. The park is home to a number of species of

endangered mammals including the snow leopard. Hemis National Park is India's only protected
area inside the Palearctic ecozone, outside the Changthang Wildlife Sanctuary northeast of
Hemis, and the proposed Tso Lhamo Cold Desert Conservation Area in North Sikkim.
The park is bounded on the north by the banks of the Indus River, and includes the cachements
of Markha, Sumdah andRumbak, and parts of the Zanskar Range.
This region is in the rain shadow of the Himalayas, and does not receive much precipitation.
Hence, dry forests of juniper, Populus - Salixforests, subalpine dry birch - fir are present at lower
altitudes.

Bandipur National Park (Kannada: ) established in 1974 as a tiger

reserve under Project Tiger, is a national park located in the south Indian state of Karnataka.
As a result, the park has a variety of biomes including dry deciduous forests, moist deciduous
forests and shrublands. The wide range of habitats help support a diverse range of organisms.
The park is flanked by the Kabini river in the north and the Moyar river in the south. The Nugu
river runs through the park. The highest point in the park is on a hill called Himavad
Gopalaswamy Betta, where there is a Hindu temple at the summit. Bandipur has typical tropical
climate with distinct wet and dry seasons. The dry and hot period usually begins in early March
and can last till the arrival of the monsoon rains in June.