{"id":27569,"date":"2024-10-27T12:09:36","date_gmt":"2024-10-27T06:39:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=27569"},"modified":"2025-04-08T10:41:06","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T05:11:06","slug":"benog-wildlife-sanctuary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/benog-wildlife-sanctuary\/","title":{"rendered":"Benog Wildlife Sanctuary"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About Benog Wildlife Sanctuary:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Location: It is situated about 11 kilometers from Mussoorie, a popular hill station in the <strong>Garhwal region of Uttarakhand<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It was established in the year 1993 and is <strong>named after<\/strong> the <strong>highest peak in the area, Benog Hill<\/strong>, which rises to a height of 2,250 meters above sea level.<\/li>\n<li>It is a <strong>part of Rajaji National Park<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It is <strong>located on a pine-clad slope<\/strong> and is surrounded by snowcapped peaks of the Himalayan ranges.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Aglar River<\/strong>, a <strong>tributary of the Yamuna River<\/strong> flows through the sanctuary.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Flora<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li>It is home to a variety of plant species, including <strong>oak and rhododendron forests<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It is <strong>surrounded by benedictory pines, old cedar trees<\/strong>, and <strong>medicinal plants<\/strong> that grow in large amounts in this area.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fauna<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li>It is home to a variety of rare and common fauna, like the <strong>Himalayan goat, panther<\/strong>, <strong>leopard, deer,<\/strong> and bear.<\/li>\n<li>The place is known for the <strong>rare species of birds<\/strong> that habitat in its area. The sanctuary is home to several species of exotic birds, such as the <strong>White Capped Water Red start and the Red Billed Blue Magpie,<\/strong> to name a few.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Q1<\/strong>: Which are the main tributaries of the Yamuna River?<\/h3>\n<p>It is the longest river in India which does not directly flow to the sea. It has four main tributaries in the Himalayan region: Rishi Ganga, Hanuman Ganga, Tons and Giri. In the plains, the main tributaries are Hindon, Chambal, Sind, Betwa and Ken.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/dehradun\/birds-and-butterflies-galore-highlights-from-the-8th-uttarakhand-bird-festival\/articleshow\/114436093.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>95 bird and 22 butterfly species spotted during 8th Uttarakhand bird festival at Benog<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Benog Wildlife Sanctuary is situated about 11 kilometers from Mussoorie, a popular hill station in the Garhwal region of Uttarakhand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":27570,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-27569","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\/27569","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=27569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27569\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}