Nagarhole Tiger Reserve, Location, River, Vegetation, Latest News

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Nagarhole Tiger Reserve Latest News

Members of 52 Jenu Kuruba tribal families inside the Nagarahole Tiger Reserve (NTR) in Ponnampet taluk of Kodagu district recently put up a board in their haadi (hamlet) claiming land rights under the Forest Rights Act (FRA).

About Nagarhole Tiger Reserve

It is situated in the districts of Mysore and Kodagu in Karnataka.
It is located at the tri-junction area of the States of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala.
Geographically, it is an “ecological confluence” of the Western and Eastern Ghats.
The reserve is named after a small river, ‘Nagarahole’ (literally a snake stream in Kannada), which meanders within the habitat before joining the river Kabini.
It is part of the larger Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, which is recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
It is flanked by the Bandipur Tiger Reserve on its southeastern side and the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary of Kerala on the southwest.
Rivers: It is surrounded by the River Kabini in its north and River Moyar in its south.
Vegetation:
- The dry eastern limits of the reserve has dry deciduous forests.
- Towards the west, with the increase in rainfall, the vegetation changes to tropical moist and semi-evergreen forests.
- The forests are interspersed with swampy fallows called ‘hadlu’, which are dominated by grasses and sedges, favoured by wild herbivores.
Flora: It includes rosewood, Indian kino tree, sandalwood, Indian laurel, clumping bamboo, giant clumping bamboo, etc.
Fauna:
- It is a shelter for the largest population of wild Asian elephants in South Asia.
- It comprises other mammals such as Bengal tiger, gaur, sloth bear, golden jackal, dhole, four-horned antelope, etc.