Manas National Park
Manas National Park is a Beautiful place, located in the Districts Baksa and Bongaigaon.
in the state of Assam (India) . Manas is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tiger Reserve, Elephant Reserve, Biosphere Reserve, National Park and also a Wildlife Sanctuary.
The park is situated near the Manas River which is one of the major tributaries of the Brahmaputra River and divides the park in two halves. Located in the Himalayan foothills, it is contiguous with the Royal Manas National Park in Bhutan.
(Manas is famous for Golden Languor and phgmy hog.)
Coverage Area : 950 Sq. K.M
Established : 1928 as a Sanctuary, 1974 as a TIGER RESERVE, 1985 as a UNESCO and 1990 NATIONAL PARK
n 1985, the Manas Wildlife Sanctuary was inscribed as World Heritage Site.
In 1989, Manas acquired the status of a Biosphere reserve.It extends over an area of 2837 Sq. Km from Sankosh river in the west to Dhansiri river in the east, with a core area of 500 Sq. Km. of the National park, which declared in 1990. The average elevation of the area is 85 m above mean sea level. The river Manas flows into the national Park from the gorges of Bhutan and split into two major streams of which the main water course comes out of the National Park about 30 km downstream is known as ‘Beki”. The peace and tranquility of Mothanguri tourists site on the bank of river Manas close to Bhutan is the rarest gift of the nature and in its finest form.
About the half of the Park is covered by Grasslands of Terai and Bhabar type, the riparian areas have colonizing grasslands and woodlands of several species. The thick woodlands are called Eastern Moist Deciduous Forests of various types. The undergrowths are very thick. There are more than 650 species of Angiosperms alone. The commonly seen trees are the Simul, Oxi, Sissoo, Khaie, Gamari, etc.
Manas is the only landscape in the world where pristine Terai Grasslands are seen merging with the Bhabar grasslands interspersed with diverse habitats ascending to Semi-Evergreen forests and then to Bhutan Himalayas. The Biodiversity is very rich here. The last population of the Pygmy Hog survive in the wilds of Manas and nowhere else in the world.
RARE AND ENDEMIC WILDLIFE CONSISTS OF THE ASSAM ROOFED TURTLE, HISPID HARE,PYGMY HOG and GOLDEN LANGURE.