{"id":358287,"date":"2026-03-16T16:24:47","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T10:54:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=358287"},"modified":"2026-03-16T16:24:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T10:54:47","slug":"national-chambal-sanctuary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/national-chambal-sanctuary\/","title":{"rendered":"National Chambal Sanctuary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News: <\/strong>The Supreme Court took suo motu cognisance of illegal sand mining threatening the fragile ecosystem of the National Chambal Sanctuary and its gharial habitat.<\/p>\n<h2>About National Chambal Sanctuary<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_358288\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-358288\" style=\"width: 397px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-358288\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Source-ReserachGate.jpg?resize=397%2C221&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"National Chambal Sanctuary\" width=\"397\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Source-ReserachGate.jpg?resize=300%2C167&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Source-ReserachGate.jpg?resize=1024%2C570&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Source-ReserachGate.jpg?resize=768%2C427&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Source-ReserachGate.jpg?w=1042&amp;ssl=1 1042w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 397px) 100vw, 397px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-358288\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; ReserachGate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Location<\/strong><strong>: <\/strong>The sanctuary lies at <strong>the tri-junction<\/strong> of <strong>Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, and Rajasthan<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>National Chambal Sanctuary is <strong>India<\/strong><strong>\u2019<\/strong><strong>s first and only tri-state protected riverine sanctuary.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The sanctuary is also known as the <strong>National Chambal Gharial Wildlife Sanctuary.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Establishment<\/strong>: The <strong>Chambal sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh <\/strong>was officially notified on <strong>December 20, 1978<\/strong> as a protected area for wildlife conservation.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Topography<\/strong>: The sanctuary has a rugged landscape that includes <strong>ravines, hills, and sandy beaches<\/strong> along the river channel.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Major rivers: <\/strong>The sanctuary extends along a <strong>425 km <\/strong>stretch of the<strong> Chambal River<\/strong>, which forms the <strong>core riverine habitat<\/strong> of the protected area.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Flora<\/strong>: The vegetation of the sanctuary belongs to the <strong>Kathiar\u2013Gir dry deciduous forest ecoregion<\/strong>, which supports the riverine ecosystem.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fauna: <\/strong>The sanctuary supports rich aquatic and terrestrial biodiversity. It protects the <strong>largest population of critically endangered gharial in the wild<\/strong>.\n<ul>\n<li>It is listed as an <strong>Important Bird Area (IBA).<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Other species<\/strong> include mugger crocodile, smooth-coated otters, striped hyena, Indian wolves, Gangetic river dolphins, and several freshwater turtles.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Threats: Illegal sand mining has emerged as the biggest threat<\/strong> to the sanctuary\u2019s ecology and aquatic life.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The Supreme Court took suo motu cognisance of illegal sand mining threatening the fragile ecosystem of the National Chambal Sanctuary and its gharial habitat. About National Chambal Sanctuary Location: The sanctuary lies at the tri-junction of Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, and Rajasthan. National Chambal Sanctuary is India\u2019s first and only tri-state protected riverine sanctuary.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/national-chambal-sanctuary\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">National Chambal Sanctuary<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10393,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,4182,12039,11211],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-358287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","category-knolls","category-places-in-news","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358287","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\/10393"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=358287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358287\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=358287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=358287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=358287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}