Melghat Tiger Reserve

 𝐌𝐞𝐥𝐠𝐡𝐚𝐭 was among the 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐬 of 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚 to be notified in 𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟑 under 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐓𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐫. It is 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 in the 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 of 𝐀𝐦𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐭 of 𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐭𝐫𝐚. 𝐌𝐞𝐥𝐠𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 was 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 as in 𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟓. The 𝐭𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚 of the 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞 is 𝟐,𝟕𝟔𝟖 𝐬𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬.𝐌𝐞𝐠𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞 is 𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐝 into 𝐒𝐢𝐩𝐧𝐚, 𝐆𝐮𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐥 and 𝐀𝐤𝐨𝐭 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧. 

The 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 is 𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐫𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐮𝐨𝐮𝐬 in 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞, 𝐝𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 by 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐤 (𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐚 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐬). The reserve is a 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚 for 𝐟𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫 𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬: the 𝐊𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐮, 𝐊𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐫𝐚, 𝐒𝐢𝐩𝐧𝐚, 𝐆𝐚𝐝𝐠𝐚 and 𝐃𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫. All these rivers are 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 of the 𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐢.

The 𝐟𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐚 in 𝐌𝐞𝐥𝐠𝐡𝐚𝐭 includes 𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬, such as 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐫, 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐥𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐝, 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐫, 𝐝𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞, 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐲𝐞𝐧𝐚, 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐨𝐥𝐟, 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐣𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐚𝐥, 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐚𝐫, 𝐠𝐚𝐮𝐫, 𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐫, 𝐧𝐢𝐥𝐠𝐚𝐢, 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥, 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐡𝐚, 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐛𝐚𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐫, 𝐟𝐥𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐥, 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐫, 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐫, 𝐫𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐲, 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞, 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐧, 𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐫, 𝐩𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐧, 𝐬𝐦𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐡-𝐜𝐨𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 and 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤-𝐧𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞.

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