🔆Nauradehi Wildlife Sanctuary:

✅It is spread across three districts, i.e., Sagar, Damoh, and Narsinghpur, of Madhya Pradesh.
✅It was declared a wildlife sanctuary in 1975.
✅It covers nearly 1197 sq.km. area.
✅It is the largest wildlife sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh.
✅The entire Sanctuary is situated on a plateau, forming part of the upper Vindhyan range.
✅It acts as a corridor for Panna Tiger Reserve and Satpura Tiger Reserve while indirectly connecting Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve via Rani Durgawati Wildlife Sanctuary.
✅The Sanctuary is classified under the Deccan peninsula biogeographic region and forms part of the Ganga and Narmada basins.
Drainage:
✅Three-fourths of the wildlife sanctuary falls in the basin of the Ganges tributary, the Yamuna River, of which the Ken River is a tributary, and one-fourth of the sanctuary falls in the Narmada basin.
✅The north-flowing Kopra River, Bamner River, Vyarma River, and Bearma River, which are tributaries of the Ken River, are the major rivers of this protected area.
✅Vegetation: It is mainly a dry mixed-deciduous forest type.
Flora: Major trees found are teak, saja, dhawda, sal, tendu (Coromandel ebony), bhirra (East Indian satinwood), and mahua.
✅Fauna: The chief faunal elements include Nilgai, Chinkara, Chital, Sambhar, Black Buck, Barking deer, Common Langur, Rhesus Macaque, Freshwater Turtles, Spotted Grey Creeper, Cranes, Egrets, Lapwings, etc.

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🔆Nauradehi Wildlife Sanctuary:

✅It is spread across three districts, i.e., Sagar, Damoh, and Narsinghpur, of Madhya Pradesh.
✅It was declared a wildlife sanctuary in 1975.
✅It covers nearly 1197 sq.km. area.
✅It is the largest wildlife sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh.
✅The entire Sanctuary is situated on a plateau, forming part of the upper Vindhyan range.
✅It acts as a corridor for Panna Tiger Reserve and Satpura Tiger Reserve while indirectly connecting Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve via Rani Durgawati Wildlife Sanctuary.
✅The Sanctuary is classified under the Deccan peninsula biogeographic region and forms part of the Ganga and Narmada basins.
Drainage:
✅Three-fourths of the wildlife sanctuary falls in the basin of the Ganges tributary, the Yamuna River, of which the Ken River is a tributary, and one-fourth of the sanctuary falls in the Narmada basin.
✅The north-flowing Kopra River, Bamner River, Vyarma River, and Bearma River, which are tributaries of the Ken River, are the major rivers of this protected area.
✅Vegetation: It is mainly a dry mixed-deciduous forest type.
Flora: Major trees found are teak, saja, dhawda, sal, tendu (Coromandel ebony), bhirra (East Indian satinwood), and mahua.
✅Fauna: The chief faunal elements include Nilgai, Chinkara, Chital, Sambhar, Black Buck, Barking deer, Common Langur, Rhesus Macaque, Freshwater Turtles, Spotted Grey Creeper, Cranes, Egrets, Lapwings, etc.

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