Dehing Patkai Landscape

Dehing Patkai Rainforest

Dehing Patkai Landscape, located in the Upper Assam, stretches for over roughly 600 square kilometres and comprises three large blocks of forests (Jeypore, Upper Dehing West Block and Upper Dehing East Block) and several forest fragments. The forest is classified as a lowland Tropical Wet Evergreen Forest (Dipterocarpus-Mesua).[1] It falls under Indo-Burma Biodiversity Hotspot. Due to its biodiversity and significance for elephant habitat, parts of the landscape are recognised as Dehing Patkai Elephant Reserve and 111 km2 is protected as the Dehing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuary since 2004.[2]

The name Dehing Patkai comes from the Dehing river and Patkai hills. It is popularly referred to as “The Amazon of East”.[3]

  1. ^ "Biodiversity data" (PDF). indiabiodiversity.org. Retrieved 2020-06-13.
  2. ^ "Data" (PDF). www.environmentandsociety.org. Retrieved 2020-06-13.
  3. ^ Rang, Mitti Ke (June 8, 2020). "Dehing Patkai: What has caused a threat to 'Amazon of East'?". Medium.