{"id":124268,"date":"2026-09-13T13:50:03","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T08:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=124268"},"modified":"2026-09-13T16:58:51","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T11:28:51","slug":"buxa-tiger-reserve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/buxa-tiger-reserve\/","title":{"rendered":"Buxa Tiger Reserve"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Buxa Tiger Reserve Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The West Bengal state government plans to relocate a tigress from a forest in Bihar to the Buxa Tiger Reserve in north Bengal to help revive the tiger population.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Buxa 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 located in the <\/span><b>Alipurduar district of West Bengal.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It lies within the <\/span><b>Indo-Malayan biodiversity region<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Borders:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The northern boundary of the Reserve lies along the <\/span><b>international border with Bhutan.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The eastern side of the Reserve forms the <\/span><b>interstate boundary<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with <\/span><b>Assam<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>demarcated by River Sankosh.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Physiography:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The elevation of this Tiger Reserve ranges from about 60 metres in the plains to nearly 1750 metres in the Himalayan foothills.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It includes <\/span><b><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/terai\/\" target=\"_blank\">Terai<\/a>, Bhabar and sub-Himalayan ecosystems<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> within a single protected landscape.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Rivers:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is drained by rivers such as <\/span><b>Raidak, Sankosh and Jayanti<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which originate in Bhutan.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Vegetation:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The forests of the reserve can be broadly classified as the <\/span><b>\u2018Moist Tropical Forest\u2019.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Flora: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It supports about 450 tree species, 400 herb species, 250 shrub species, and over 150 orchid species.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Fauna:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is home to elephants, gaur, sambar, spotted deer, barking deer and hog deer etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraphindia.com\/amp\/west-bengal\/kolkata\/bengal-government-to-relocate-tigress-from-bihar-to-boost-tiger-population-in-buxa-prnt\/cid\/2179642\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TI<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Buxa Tiger Reserve in Alipurduar, West Bengal, spans Terai, Bhabar and sub-Himalayan ecosystems along the Bhutan and Assam borders. 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