Panna Tiger Reserve(PTR)

About PTR: 

• Location– Vindhyan Hills in northern Madhya Pradesh.
• It is spread over the Panna and Chhatarpur districts.
• It is the 22nd Tiger Reserve of India(1994) and fifth in Madhya Pradesh .
• The terrain here consists of extensive plateaus and gorges.
• This reserve contains the last remaining tiger habitat of North Madhya Pradesh.

Significance: It is the northern most boundary of natural distribution to teak forests (Tectona grandis).

• In east, it is surrounded by Teak-Kardhai mixed forest.
• The reserve is also dotted with two thousand year-old rock paintings.

River– Flowing from the south to the north through the reserve is the River Ken and creates beautiful waterfalls on its way to the valley.

• These forests along with Ken Gharial Sanctuary form a significant part of the catchment area of this river.

Climate: semi-Arid to Dry Sub-humid.

Fauna:

• Tiger along with his fellow beings leopard , wild dog , wolf , hyaena and smaller cats.
• Sloth bear has his most favourite home in the rock escarpments and undisturbed vales.
• The wooded areas are dotted with sambar the largest of Indian deers, chital and chowsingha.

Vegetation– The dominating vegetation type is Miscellaneous Dry Deciduous forest interspread with grassland areas.

• Other major forest types are riverines, open grasslands, open woodlands with tall grasses and thorny woodlands.