Sigur Plateau
Nilgiri North Division | |
|---|---|
Reserve forest | |
 Sigur plateau, Nilgiris range to south | |
  Sigur Plateau Location in Tamil Nadu, India  Sigur Plateau Sigur Plateau (India) | |
| Coordinates: 11°31′3″N 76°47′16″E / 11.51750°N 76.78778°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| Region | Nilgiri Hills |
| District | Nilgiri |
| Area | |
| • Total | 778.8 km2 (300.7 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 900 m (3,000 ft) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Tamil |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Nearest city | Ootacamund |
| IUCN category | VI |
| Adjacent to | W-Mudumalai National Park & Wynad Wildlife Sanctuary,
NW Bandipur National Park & Nagarhole National Park, N-Mysore District, NE-Sathyamangalam Wildllife Sanctuary & Biligiriranga Hills Wildlife Sanctuary, S-Ootacamund. |
| Governing body | Tamil Nadu Forest Dept[2] |
| Topographic map | Nilgiri North Reserved forests |
| Climate | Am (Köppen) |
| Avg. summer temperature | 32 °C (90 °F) |
| Avg. winter temperature | 10 °C (50 °F) |
| Website | www |
Sigur Plateau (Segur Plateau) is a plateau in the north and east of Nilgiri District in the Nilgiri Hills of Tamil Nadu, South India. It covers the 778.8 square kilometres (300.7 sq mi) portion of the Moyar River drainage basin on the northern slopes of the Nilgiri Hills, south of the Moyar River.[3]
The Sigur Plateau is notable as an important wildlife corridor in the Western ghats to sustain elephant and tiger numbers and their genetic diversity.[4]
It is an important link between several contiguous protected areas forming the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, the largest protected forest area in India. This area supports over 6,300 elephants,[5] that represents the largest single population of elephants and tigers in India.[6]
The Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, which includes Sigur Plateau and the Nilgiri Hills, is part of the UNESCO World Network of Biosphere Reserves.[7] The Western Ghats, the Nilgiri Sub-Cluster (more than 6,000 square kilometres (2,316.6 sq mi)), including all of Mudumalai National Park and the reserve forests of the Sigur Plateau, is under consideration by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee for selection as a World Heritage Site.[7]
A proposal has been initiated to notify Sigur and adjoining forest areas as a wildlife sanctuary for Vultures.[8]
- ^ Dr. V. S. Vijayan p.32, Annexe Table 1: Statewise breakup of the various forest administrative units forming part of the NBR
- ^ [1] Archived 2013-10-20 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Senthil Prasad & Pratim Roy (2007), "The Sigur Water Resources Project 2007" (PDF), International Seminar on Water: Spatial Dynamics, Competitive Claims & Governance, Keystone Foundation, p. 4. Table 1, retrieved 26 January 2011
- ^ C. Arivazhagan and B.Ramakrishnan, "Conservation perspective of Asian Elephants (Elephas maximus) in Tamil Nadu, Southern India" (PDF), International Journal of Biological Technology (IJBT), vol. 1 (Special Issue), Gayathri Teknological Publication, pp. 17, 18, ISSN 0976-4313, retrieved 15 February 2011
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R. Sundararaju, I.F.S., Chairman of the experts committee, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests & Chief Wildlife Warden (13 October 2009), REPORT OF THE EXPERT COMMITTEE FORMED IN PURSUANCE OF THE DIRECTION OF THE HON'BLE HIGH COURT IN W.P.NO.10098/2008, 2762 & 2839 of 2009. (PDF), Chennai: Tamil Nadu Forest Department, p. 6, retrieved 28 January 2011
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Ajit Menon; Daniel Taghioff (10 July 2010). "Can a Tiger Change Its Stripes? The Politics of Conservation as Translated in Mudumalai". Economic and Political Weekly. Academia.edu. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
- ^ a b "Western Ghats sub cluster, Niligiris. (Including the Mudumalai, Mukurthi, Wayanad and Bandipur national parks)", World Heritage sites, Tentative lists, UNESCO, retrieved 20 April 2007
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