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Melaghat Tiger Reserve
Consider the following statements with reference to the Melaghat Tiger Reserve:
- The Tapti Riverand the Gawilgadh ridge of the Satpura Range forms the boundaries of the reserve.
- It was among the first nine tiger reserves notified in 1973-74 under Project Tiger.
Choose the correct answer from the codes given below:
A |
Only 1
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B |
Both 1 and 2
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C |
Only 2
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D |
Neither 1 nor 2
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Explanation :
- Located in the Amaravati district of Maharashtra,Melaghat Tiger Reserve is on the southern offshoot of the Satpura Hill Range in Central India, called Gavilgarh Hill.
- The Tapti Riverand the Gawilgadh ridge of the Satpura Range forms the boundaries of the reserve.
- Melghat means 'meeting of the ghats', which describes the area as a large tract of unending hills and ravines scarred by jagged cliffs and steep climbs.
- It was declared a tiger reserve in 1974. It was among the first nine tiger reserves notified in 1973-74 under Project Tiger.
- It was the first tiger reserve of Maharashtra.
- The forest is tropical dry deciduous in nature, dominated by teak (Tectonagrandis).
- The reserve is a catchment area for five major rivers: the Khandu, Khapra, Sipna, Gadga and Dolar. All these rivers are tributaries of river Tapti.
- The main fauna found here are Bengal tiger, Indian leopard, sloth bear, Ussuri dhole, Indian jackal, sambar, gaur, barking deer, nilgai, chital, chausingha, ratel, flying squirrel, wild boar, langur, rhesus monkey, porcupine, pangolin, mouse deer, python, otter, and blacknaped hare.
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