Adventure & Wildlife Magazine - Vol 1|Issue 5-6| Nov 16 - Jan 17 Vol 2 | Issue 1 | Mar - May 2017 | Page 53

ADVENTURE & WILDLIFE
Geography
Political Geography: The park area falls in five districts:
Kokrajhar, Chirang, Baksa, Udalguri, and Darrang in
the state of Assam in India.
park is made up of limestone and sandstone, whereas
the grasslands in the south of the park stand on deep
deposits of fine alluvium. The combination of
Sub-Himalayan Bhabar Terai formation along
with the riverine succession continuing up to Sub-
The park is divided into three ranges. The western Himalayan mountain forest make it one of the richest
range is based at Panbari, the central at Bansbari near areas of biodiversity in the world. The park is 950 km 2.
Barpeta Road, and the eastern at Bhuiyapara near in area and is situated at a height of 61m to 110m above
Pathsala. The ranges are not well connected; while two mean sea level.
major rivers need to be forded in going from the centre to the
Panbari, there is a rough trail (the Daimari road) Climate:
connecting the central to the eastern range. Most visitors The minimum temperature is around 15 degrees C and
come to Bansbari and then spend some time inside the maximum temperature is around 37 degrees C.
forest at Mathanguri on the Manas river at the Bhutan Heavy rainfall occurs between May and September. The
border.
annual a verage rainfall is around 333 cm.
Physical Geography
Manas is located in the foothills of the Eastern
Himalaya and is densely forested. The Manas river flows
thorough the west of the park and is the main river within
it. It is a major tributary of Brahmaputra river and splits
into two separate rivers, the Beki and Bholkaduba as it
reaches the plains. Five other smaller rivers also flow
through the national park which lies on a wide,
low-lying alluvial terrace spreading out below the foothills
of the outer Himalaya. The Manas river also serves as an
international border dividing India and Bhutan. The
bedrock of the savannah area in the north of the
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Natural history
Biomes - There are two major biomes present in Manas:
The grassland biomes : pygmy hog, Indian rhinoceros
(re-introduced in 2007 after extinction due to heavy
poaching during the Bodo uprising), bengal florican,
wild Asian buffalo, etc.
The forest biomes : slow loris, capped langur, wild pig,
sambar, great hornbill, Malayan giant squirrel or black
giant squirrel, etc.
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