{"id":27428,"date":"2024-10-21T02:39:42","date_gmt":"2024-10-20T21:09:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=27428"},"modified":"2025-10-03T11:55:34","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T06:25:34","slug":"zeilad-wildlife-sanctuary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/zeilad-wildlife-sanctuary\/","title":{"rendered":"Zeilad Wildlife Sanctuary"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About Zeilad Wildlife Sanctuary:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is located in the Tamenglong district of <strong>Manipur<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It had been established in 1982 and was located specifically on the <strong>Indo-Myanmar border.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It covers an area of 21 sq.km.<\/li>\n<li>It is in the <strong>basin of the Barak River<\/strong> and has hilly terrain.<\/li>\n<li>A <strong>group of seven lakes,<\/strong> Zeilad, Guiphuapzei, Nrouzei, Tuangpuizei, Goulungzei, and Napsemzei, are part of this sanctuary. <strong>Zeilad Lake<\/strong> is the biggest and most famous.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Forest Type: Semi evergreen <\/strong>and <strong>Wet hill Forest.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is a haven for various species of flora and fauna, including <strong>migratory birds<\/strong> and <strong>exotic <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/new-fish-species\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>fish species<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Flora<\/strong>: Michelia champaca, Toona ciliata, Schima wallichii, Gmelina arborea, Messua ferrea, Artocarpus hirsute, Mangifera indica, Castanopsis hystrix, etc.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fauna<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li>Its faunal species include <strong>Tiger, Leopard, Leopard cat, small Indian civet,<\/strong> Common Langur, Hoolock gibbon, Great Indian Hornbill, barking deer, flying squirrel, etc.<\/li>\n<li>Marine animals like fish, <strong>tortoises, pythons<\/strong> are spotted in the lake waters.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Q1<\/strong>: Which are the major tributaries of the Barak River?<\/h3>\n<p>The Katakhal, Jiri, Chiri, Modhura, Longai, Sonai, Rukni and Singla are the main tributaries of the Barak River. The tributaries are mainly rain fed and cause flood problems when precipitation occurs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>News<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/nenews.in\/manipur\/manipur-rongmei-naga-council-opposes-oil-exploration-in-zeilad-wildlife-sanctuary\/15010\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Manipur: Rongmei Naga Council opposes oil exploration in Zeilad Wildlife Sanctuary<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zeilad Wildlife Sanctuary is located in the Tamenglong district of Manipur.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":27429,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-27428","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27428\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}