Panchmarhi biosphere reserve

Location: Madhya Pradesh 

Rivers: Denwa 

Details: 

Climate: 

Tropical Monsoon climate 

The Panchmarhi plateau is cool in summer and has heavy rainfall in the rainy season, whereas low lands in the Narmada basin are uncomfortably hot in summer with less rainfall 

Flora: 

Forest Types: moist deciduous, dry deciduous, central Indian subtropical hill forest. 

Endemic Flora: Sal tree, Selaginella fern, Palimorpha bamboo 

Endemic Fauna: Barasinga, Wild buffalo, Red jungle fowl 

Protected areas: 

1. Bori Sanctuary, 

2. Pachmarhi Sanctuary 

3. SatpuraNational Park 

These altogether have also been notified as Satpura Tiger Reserve 

Note: 

Pachmarhi BR area is often recognized as “Genetic Express Highway” linking two biological hot spots of the country viz. Eastern Himalayas and the Western Ghats, also as a confluence of northern and southern type of vegetation.