{"id":295938,"date":"2024-05-16T17:54:27","date_gmt":"2024-05-16T12:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=295938"},"modified":"2024-05-16T22:16:18","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T16:46:18","slug":"sariska-tiger-reserve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/sariska-tiger-reserve\/","title":{"rendered":"Sariska Tiger Reserve"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source-<\/strong>This post on Sariska Tiger Reserve<\/strong> is based on the article “46 yrs on, Sariska Tiger Reserve awaits transfer of over 60% land” <\/a>published in\u00a0\u201cTimes of India\u201d<\/strong> on 16th May 2024.<\/p>\n

Why in the News?<\/h2>\n

Recently, a sailing yacht was sunk by an unspecified number of orcas after they rammed it in the waters of Morocco, near the Strait of Gibraltar.<\/p>\n

About Sariska Tiger Reserve<\/h2>\n
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Source: Times of India<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Specifications\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\nDetails<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Location<\/strong><\/td>\n1. It is situated in the Alwar district of Rajasthan,<\/span> within the Aravali Hills.
\n2. It is renowned for being the first reserve globally<\/span> to have successfully relocated tigers.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
History<\/strong><\/td>\nIt was originally a royal hunting preserve for the Maharaja of Alwar.<\/span> It was designated a wildlife sanctuary in 1955<\/span> and upgraded to a national park in 1979.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
River\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\nThe Ruparel River<\/span> flows through the Sariska Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan, India.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Terrain<\/b><\/td>\nIt is characterized by rocky landscapes, arid scrub thorn forests, grasslands, cliffs, and semi-deciduous forests.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Flora<\/strong><\/td>\nIt is dominated by dhok trees,<\/span> covering 90% of the area. Other species present include salar, kadaya, gol, ber, banyan, gugal, bamboo, kair, adusta, etc.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fauna<\/strong><\/td>\nIt supports a diverse array of animals such as tigers, leopards, sambhar, chital, nilgai, four-horned antelope, wild boar, rhesus macaque, langur, hyena, and jungle cats.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

UPSC Syllabus: Environment<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source-This post on Sariska Tiger Reserve is based on the article “46 yrs on, Sariska Tiger Reserve awaits transfer of over 60% land” published in\u00a0\u201cTimes of India\u201d on 16th May 2024. Why in the News? Recently, a sailing yacht was sunk by an unspecified number of orcas after they rammed it in the waters of… Continue reading Sariska Tiger Reserve<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,4182],"tags":[11872,10496],"class_list":["post-295938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-times-of-india","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=295938"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295938\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=295938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=295938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=295938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}