{"id":56556,"date":"2025-07-24T12:25:47","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T06:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=56556"},"modified":"2025-07-24T15:36:45","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T10:06:45","slug":"kanniyakumari-wildlife-sanctuary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/kanniyakumari-wildlife-sanctuary\/","title":{"rendered":"Kanniyakumari Wildlife Sanctuary"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Kanniyakumari Wildlife Sanctuary Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, a research scholar has documented around 450 species of moths at the Kanniyakumari Wildlife Sanctuary.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Kanniyakumari Wildlife Sanctuary<\/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 <\/span><b>Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is situated near the <\/span><b>southernmost tip of India<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the confluence point of three major water bodies namely; <\/span><b>Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal, and the Indian Ocean.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The sanctuary is bounded at North by <\/span><b>KalakkadMundanthurai Tiger Reserve<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, South by <\/span><b>Kodayar left bank channel<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and Thovalai channel and in West by Kerala State.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The area is also home to several tribal communities living in adjoining reserve forests.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Rivers:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Seven rivers have their origin in this forest including the famous <\/span><b>Pahrali and Thamirabarani rivers.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Vegetation:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The natural vegetation of this region represents southern thorn forests, dry deciduous, <\/span><b>moist deciduous, semi evergreen forests and ever green<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> hill sholas with grassy downs.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Fauna:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is home to Indian Bison, Elephant, Nilgiri Tahr, Sambar Deer, Lion-tailed Macaque and also reptiles such as Indian Rock Python.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newindianexpress.com\/states\/tamil-nadu\/2025\/Jul\/24\/phd-scholar-documents-450-moth-species-in-kanniyakumari-sanctuary-records-rare-finds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>NIE<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kanniyakumari Wildlife Sanctuary is located in the Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu. 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