{"id":20112,"date":"2026-08-28T12:43:24","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T07:13:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=20112"},"modified":"2026-08-28T13:39:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T08:09:51","slug":"corbett-tiger-reserve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/corbett-tiger-reserve\/","title":{"rendered":"Corbett Tiger Reserve"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Corbett Tiger Reserve Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, a famous tiger named Bhola which was popular among tourists at the Phato zone of the Corbett Tiger Reserve (CTR) in Uttarakhand died.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Corbett 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 on the foothills of the <\/span><b>Himalayas in Uttarakhand.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was originally established as <\/span><b>Hailey National Park in 1936.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is not only the first national park in India, but also the first to come under the Project Tiger initiative.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is spread over the <\/span><b>Bhabar and lower <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/siwalik-hills\/\" target=\"_blank\">Shivalik regions<\/a><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with a deep-water table.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Terrain:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The terrain is undulating with several valleys.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Rivers:<\/b> <b>The rivers Ramganga, Pallaen, and Sonanadi flow through the valleys.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Vegetation:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> North Indian tropical moist deciduous forests and tropical dry deciduous forests:<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In general, the vegetation comprises <\/span><b>sal and mixed forests,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> interspersed with <\/span><b>grass lands<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and riparian vegetation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The grasslands <\/span><b>are locally known as \u2018Chaur\u2019,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which are an outcome of abandoned settlements or past clearings.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Flora:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Evergreen Sal and its combined trees, the Sheesham, and the Kanju are found extensively on the ridges.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Fauna:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Tigers and elephants, leopards, sambar, hog deer, spotted deer etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etvbharat.com\/en\/bharat\/popular-among-visitors-bhola-tiger-passes-away-in-corbett-reserve-enn26082702837\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ETV<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Corbett Tiger Reserve is located on the foothills of the Himalayas in Uttarakhand. 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