Pilibhit Tiger Reserve: Uttar Pradesh

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A carcass of a five-year-old tigress was found in the Pilibhit Tiger Reserve (Uttar Pradesh).

About:

• It is located in Pilibhit and Shahjahanpur district of Uttar Pradesh.
• It was notified as Tiger Reserve in 2014.
• In 2020, it bagged international award TX2 for doubling up the number of tigers in the past four years.
• It forms the part of Terai Arc Landscape in the upper Gangetic Plain.
• The northern edge of the reserve lies along the Indo-Nepal border while the southern boundary is marked by the river Sharada and Khakra.

Flora and Fauna:

• It is home to a habitat for over 127 animals, 326 bird species and 2,100 flowering plants.
• Wild animals include tiger, swamp deer, bengalflorican, leopard, etc.
• It has high sal forests, plantation and grasslands with several water bodies.
• Other Protected Areas in Uttar Pradesh

1. Dudhwa National Park
2. National Chambal Sanctuary
3. Chandraprabha Wildlife Sanctuary
4. Hastinapur Wildlife Sanctuary

Terai Arc Landscape

• The Terai Arc Landscape (TAL) is an 810 km stretch between the river Yamuna in the west and the river Bhagmati in the east.
• Bhagmati River is a river in south-central Nepal and northern Bihar state.
• Comprises the Shivalik hills, the adjoining bhabhar areas and the Terai flood plains.
• The bhabhar is that part of the Indian Northern Plains where the rivers, after descending from the mountains, deposit pebbles. It is a narrow belt, having a width of about 8 to 16 km and lying parallel to the slopes of the Shiwaliks.
• All the streams disappear in this bhabar belt. South of this belt, the streams and rivers re-emerge and create a wet, swampy and marshy region known as terai.
• It is spread across the Indian states of Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, and the low lying hills of Nepal.
• It boasts of some of India’s most well-known Tiger Reserves and Protected Areas such as Corbett Tiger Reserve (Uttarakhand), Rajaji National Park (Uttarakhand), Dudhwa Tiger Reserve (Uttar Pradesh), Valmiki Tiger Reserve (Bihar).
• In total, the landscape has 13 Protected Areas, 9 in India and 4 in Nepal, covering a total area of 49,500 km2, of which 30,000km2 lies in India.
• The forests are home to three flagship species, the Bengal tiger (Pantheratigris), the greater one horned rhino(Rhinoceros unicornis) and the Asian elephant(Elephas maximus).

 

SOURCE: THE HINDU,THE ECONOMIC TIMES