{"id":88877,"date":"2026-02-20T13:10:54","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T07:40:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=88877"},"modified":"2026-02-20T15:24:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T09:54:08","slug":"nandhaur-wildlife-sanctuary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/nandhaur-wildlife-sanctuary\/","title":{"rendered":"Nandhaur Wildlife Sanctuary"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Nandhaur Wildlife Sanctuary Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the Uttarakhand Forest Department has officially documented the presence of smooth-coated otters in the Nandhaur Wildlife Sanctuary for the first time.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Nandhaur 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 state of<\/span><b> Uttarakhand.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is situated in <\/span><b>Terai Arc Landscape<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, it forms part of Shivalik Elephant Reserve.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It connects <\/span><b><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/corbett-tiger-reserve\/\" target=\"_blank\">Corbett<\/a> and Rajaji landscape<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the west <\/span><b>with Pilibhit-Dudwa<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> along with Terai area of Nepal in the East.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Rivers:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is flanked by <\/span><b>River Gola in the west<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>River Sharda<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the east and intersected by River Nandhaur<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Nandhaur River <\/span><b>flows east to west<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the northern area and then turns south to cut\u00a0 the\u00a0 landscape\u00a0 into\u00a0 two\u00a0 before\u00a0 <\/span><b>disappearing\u00a0 in\u00a0 the\u00a0 Tarai\u00a0 area.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Vegetation: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It mainly consists of <\/span><b>Tropical Moist Deciduous Forest, Mixed Deciduous Forests<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Riverine Forests.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Flora:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It has over 100 tree species, including the <\/span><b>majestic shisham, versatile bamboo, timeless teak, and the evergreen chir pine.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Fauna:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Asian elephants, leopards and sloth bears, Tigers, Asiatic black bear and Sloth Bear. etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newindianexpress.com\/nation\/2026\/Feb\/19\/wildlife-experts-hail-first-sighting-of-smooth-coated-otters-in-uttarakhands-nandhaur-sanctuary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NIE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nandhaur Wildlife Sanctuary is located in the state of Uttarakhand. 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