Raimona National Park

About Raimona National Park:

• It is located along the Indo-Bhutan border in Kokrajhar district in the Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR), Assam.
• It was declared a national park on June 5, 2021.
• It shares contiguous forest patches of Phibsoo Wildlife Sanctuary and Jigme Singye Wangchuck National Park in Bhutan, creating a trans-boundary conservation landscape of more than 2,400 sq km.
• Rivers: The Sonkosh River runs beside the west of the park and the Saralbhanga River on the eastern part.
• Vegetation: It includes as many as twelve different types and sub-types of forests ranging from very moist sal forests, sub-Himalayan high alluvial semi-evergreen forests, savannah forests, moist-mixed deciduous forests, riparian fringing forests, to khoir-sisoo forests.
• Flora: This park flourishes with myriads of orchid species, other tropical rainforest species, and riverine grasslands.
• Fauna:
  • The park is famous for its endemic species,golden langur, which has been named the mascot of the Bodoland region. 
  • It is also inhabited by various other species, such as elephants, Bengal tiger, wild bison, white-spotted deer, clouded leopard and wild buffalo. 

Q1: What is the Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR)?

BTR is an Autonomous Region comprising 4 districts in Assam i.e., Kokrajhar, Chirang, Baksa, and Udalguri, on the north banks of the Brahmaputra river below the foothills of Bhutan.

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