Wildlife Sanctuaries in Madhya Pradesh  (English, Paperback, unknown)

Chapters: Pench Tiger Reserve, Gandhi Sagar Sanctuary, Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary, National Chambal Sanctuary, Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve, Bori Wildlife Sanctuary, Ratapani Tiger Reserve, Pachmarhi and Satpura Tiger Reserve. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 41. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Pench Tiger Reserve (77? 55' E to 79? 35' E and 21? 08' N to 22?00' N) is located in the Seoni and Chhindwara districts, southern Madhya Pradesh, central India. Coordinate 21? 46 38.7 N, 79? 15 25.5 EDecimal 21.777?, 79.257?UTM 2409136 320000 44Q Google MapsYahoo Map The Reserve gets its name from the Pench River that flows through it, North to South, covering a distance of about 74 km through the Reserve. The Reserve lies in the southern lower reaches of the Satpura Hill Range on the southern border of Madhya Pradesh. The total area of the Reserve is 757.89 km? of which, the Indira Priyadarshini Pench National Park, forming the core zone of the Reserve, covers 292.85 km?, and the Mowgli Pench Wildlife Sanctuary is 118.30 km? in area. A Buffer Zone constituted by Reserved Forests, Protected Forests and Revenue land, occupies 346.73 km?. The habitat is contiguous on the south with the 257.26 km? of the Pench Tiger Reserve, Maharashtra, both of which have been included in the Tiger Conservation Unit 31 (Kanha-Pench TCU) (Wikramanayake et al. 1998). The adjoining forests to the west and north-west of the Tiger Reserve come under the East Chhindwara and South Chhindwara Territorial Forest Divisions respectively. The Forest tract to the north and north east of the Reserve comes under the South Seoni Territorial Forest Division. This area was described as extremely rich and diverse in wildlife from the earliest records available on the 16th century Deogarh kingdom (Kumar 1989). The scenic beaut...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=12177612