{"id":18147,"date":"2026-06-24T01:06:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T19:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=18147"},"modified":"2026-06-24T16:47:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T11:17:24","slug":"ranthambore-tiger-reserve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/ranthambore-tiger-reserve\/","title":{"rendered":"Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A captive-bred Indian vulture released in Maharashtra\u2019s Melghat in January this year has covered an astonishing 3,334 km, soaring across states before reaching the Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is located in the Sawai Madhopur district of southeastern <\/span><b>Rajasthan<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It derives its name from the <\/span><b>Ranthambore Fort (a World Heritage Site<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) situated within its precincts.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is located at the <\/span><b>junction <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(great boundary fault)<\/span><b> of the<a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/aravalli-range\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Aravalis<\/a> and Vindhyan ranges.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The area was once a<\/span><b> royal hunting ground<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for the <\/span><b>Maharajas of Jaipur.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>one of the largest tiger reserves<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in northern India. It spans an area of roughly 1,411 sq.km.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It boasts a spectacular landscape filled with<\/span><b> boulder-strewn highland plateaus, lakes,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>rivers <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">dotted with<\/span><b> old forts and abandoned mosques.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Rivers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: It is <\/span><b>bounded <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to the north by the<\/span><b> Banas River<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and to the south by the<\/span><b> Chambal River.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are<\/span><b> several lakes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the park known as <\/span><b>Padam Talab, Raj Bagh Talab, and Malik Talab.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Vegetation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: It is <\/span><b>dry deciduous forests <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and<\/span><b> open grassy meadow<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Flora:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Pure sands of <\/span><b>Dhok tree<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Anogeissus pendula) interspersed with grasslands at the plateaus, and other species like Acacia, Capparis, Zizyphus, Prosopis, etc are found here.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Fauna<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It consists of l<\/span><b>eopard, caracal, jungle cat, sambar,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> chital, chinkara, and wild boar.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Peacocks, partridges, green pigeons, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">parakeets, sparrows, prinias, warblers, etc. are examples of avifauna.\u00a0 <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News<\/b><strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/theprint.in\/india\/captive-bred-vulture-soars-3334-km-from-maharashtra-to-ranthambore\/2968129\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TP<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve is located in the Sawai Madhopur district of southeastern Rajasthan. 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