Bura Chapori Wildlife Sanctuary

Bura Chapori Wildlife Sanctuary is located on the southern bank of the river Brahmaputra in the Sonitpur district, Assam. Read more about Bura Chapori Wildlife Sanctuary, Location, Flora and Fauna, Latest News.

Bura Chapori Wildlife Sanctuary

Bura Chapori Wildlife Sanctuary Latest News

A team of government officials recently visited the encroached areas of land earmarked for compensatory afforestation at Bura Chapori Wildlife Sanctuary.

About Bura Chapori Wildlife Sanctuary

  • It is located on the southern bank of the river Brahmaputra in the Sonitpur district, Assam
  • It covers an area of 44.06 sq. km.
  • It is located on the north side of Laokhowa Wildlife Sanctuary and shares an integral transboundary landscape of the Laokhowa-Burachapori Wildlife Sanctuary ecosystem. 
  • Both the sanctuary was notified as a buffer zone of the Kaziranga Tiger Reserve in 2007.
  • Most of the low-lying areas of the sanctuary are vulnerable to flooding during summer. 
  • Flora
    • It is enveloped and adorned by wet alluvial grasslands, riparian, and semi-evergreen forests.
    • Most of the plant species found here are of great commercial and medical value.
  • Fauna:
    • It is a habitat of a wide range of wild animals, including tigers, elephants, wild buffalos, one-horned rhinoceros, hog deer, and wild boar.
    • The avian inhabitants feature species like the Bengal florican, black-necked stork, open-billed stork, white-eyed pochard, mallard, spotbill, large whistling teal, and numerous others.

Source: SA

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