{"id":11615,"date":"2026-03-07T11:38:33","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T06:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=11615"},"modified":"2026-03-07T15:11:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T09:41:57","slug":"about-dudhwa-tiger-reserve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/about-dudhwa-tiger-reserve\/","title":{"rendered":"Dudhwa Tiger Reserve"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Dudhwa Tiger Reserve Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, in a rare incident a female one-horned rhinoceros was killed by two tigers in Sonaripur forest range of Rhino Rehabilitation Enclosure-I in Dudhwa Tiger Reserve (DTR).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Dudhwa Tiger Reserve<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Location:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is <\/span><b>located on the Indo-Nepal border<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the district of Lakhimpur-Kheri in <\/span><b>Uttar Pradesh.<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It includes the <\/span><b>Dudhwa National Park<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and two nearby sanctuaries, viz. <\/span><b>Kishanpur and Katerniaghat<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Topography:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is a typical <\/span><b>Tarai-Bhabar habitat<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the upper Gangetic plains biogeographic province.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Rivers:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The <\/span><b>Sharda River<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> flows by the Kishanpur WL Sanctuary, the <\/span><b>Geruwa River<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> flows through the Katerniaghat WL Sanctuary, and the <\/span><b>Suheli and Mohana<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> streams flow in the Dudhwa National Park, all of which are <\/span><b>tributaries of the mighty <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/ghaggar-river\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ghagra River.<\/a><\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Vegetation:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The vegetation is of the <\/span><b>North Indian Moist Deciduous type<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, containing some of the finest examples of Sal forests in India.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Flora:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It mainly <\/span><b>consists of Sal Forest<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> along with its associate tree species like Terminalia alata (Asna), Lagerstroemia parviflora (Asidha), Adina cordifolia (Haldu), etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Fauna: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tiger, leopard, Swamp deer, Rhinoceros, chital, hog deer, barking deer, Sambhar, wild boar, and Ratel.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are about 400 species of birds in the park, such as the <\/span><b>Florican and black-necked storks.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/cities\/lucknow\/tiger-kills-rhino-dudhwa-tiger-reserve-rare-wildlife-incident-10567763\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">IE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dudhwa Tiger Reserve is located on the Indo-Nepal border in the district of Lakhimpur-Kheri in Uttar Pradesh. 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