Nameri National Park

Nameri National Park & Tiger Reserve
Map showing the location of Nameri National Park & Tiger Reserve
Map showing the location of Nameri National Park & Tiger Reserve
LocationSonitpur Assam India
Nearest cityTezpur, India
Coordinates27°0′36″N 92°47′24″E / 27.01000°N 92.79000°E / 27.01000; 92.79000
Area200 km2 (77.2 sq mi)
Established1978
Governing bodyMinistry of Environment and Forests, Government of India
Websitehttp://nameritr.org

Nameri National Park is a national park in the foothills of the eastern Himalayas in the Sonitpur District of Assam, India, about 35 km from Tezpur. Nameri is about 9 km from Chariduar, the nearest village.[1]

Nameri shares its northern boundary with the Pakhui Wildlife Sanctuary of Arunachal Pradesh. Together they constitute an area of over 1,000 km2 (390 sq mi), of which Nameri has a total area of 200 km2 (77 sq mi).[2] Nameri National Park was declared as Tiger Reserve in the year 2000, and is the second Tiger reserve of Assam after Manas Tiger Reserve. It has two core areas: Nameri National Park and Sonai- Rupai Wildlife (Satellite Core of the Nameri Tiger Reserve). The river Jia-Bharali is the lifeline of Nameri, which flows along the southern boundary of the park from northwest to southeast. In the east, the river Bor-Dikorai is a tributary of river Jia-Bharali, flowing along the southern boundary from northeast to southwest.

  1. ^ Tourism.webindia123.com
  2. ^ "An ornithological survey in north-east India". Archived from the original on 31 January 2014. Retrieved 27 June 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)