{"id":14008,"date":"2026-04-06T17:06:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T11:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=14008"},"modified":"2026-04-06T17:46:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T12:16:12","slug":"about-mudumalai-tiger-reserve-upsc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/about-mudumalai-tiger-reserve-upsc\/","title":{"rendered":"Mudumalai Tiger Reserve"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Mudumalai Tiger Reserve Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently,<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nilgiris Collector inspected Thengumarahada, a remote village inside the core area of Mudumalai Tiger Reserve, to ensure basic amenities for voters.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Mudumalai 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 Nilgiris District of <\/span><b>Tamil Nadu.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is at the <\/span><b>tri\u2013junction of three states<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, viz, Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is part of the <\/span><b>Nilgiris Biosphere Reserve<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the first biosphere reserve in India.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has a common boundary with <\/span><b>Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Kerala) on the west, <\/span><b>Bandipur Tiger Reserve<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Karnataka) on the north.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Terrain:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The terrain is undulating, with the elevation ranging from 960m to 1266m.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Vegetation: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A variety of habitats ranging from <\/span><b>tropical evergreen forest<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, moist deciduous forest, moist teak forest, dry teak forest, secondary grasslands, and swamps are found here.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>River:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The <\/span><b>Moyar River<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> runs through the reserve.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Flora: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has tall grasses, <\/span><b>commonly referred to as \u201cElephant Grass\u201d,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> bamboo of the giant variety, and valuable timber species like Teak, Rosewood, etc.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has wild relatives of cultivated plants, viz. wild rice, ginger, turmeric, cinnamon, etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Fauna:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It includes elephant, gaur, sambar, four-homed antelope, spotted deer, barking deer, blackbuck, wild pig, mouse deer, and predators like tigers, leopards, and wild dogs.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newindianexpress.com\/states\/tamil-nadu\/2026\/Apr\/06\/nilgiris-collector-visits-thengumarahada-village-inside-mtr-to-promote-voter-turnout\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NIE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mudumalai Tiger Reserve is located in the Nilgiris District of Tamil Nadu. 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