Question 1429
Arrange following national parks of Assam in east to west order 1. Dibru-saikhowa National Park 2. Kaziranga National Park 3. Manas National Park 4. Raimona National Park Select the correct answer from the codes given below
Answer
1, 2, 3 and 4
Why?
Explanation: A=Dibru-saikhowa National Park B=Kaziranga National Park C=Manas National Park D=Raimona National Park Within Bodoland Territorial Region 1. The Raimona National Park is within the Bodoland Territorial Region. The area of the park includes the northern part of the notified Ripu Reserve Forest (508.62 sq. km), which forms the western-most buffer to the Manas National Park that straddles the India-Bhutan border. 2. Raimona was bounded on the west by the Sonkosh river along the Assam-West Bengal border running southward from the India-Bhutan border and the Saralbhanga river on the east till it touched the India-Bhutan border on the north and the southern part of the Ripu Reserve Forest. The Pekua river defines Raimona’s southern boundary. 3. Raimona also shares contiguous forest patches of the Phipsoo Wildlife Sanctuary and the Jigme Singye Wangchuck National Park in Bhutan (total area of 1,999 sq. km) creating a transboundary conservation landscape of more than 2,400 sq. km. 4. Such secured transboundary ecological landscape will ensure the long-term conservation of endemic species like the golden langur, the mascot of Bodoland Territorial Council and endangered species such as the Asian elephant, the Bengal tiger and various other flora and faunal species it supports.
