Dibru Saikowa
2020 JUN 11
Preliminary >
Environment and Ecology > Protected Area Networks > Places in news
WHY IN NEWS?
- The biodiversity of Dibru-Saikhowa National Park has faced a grave danger after production oil well of Oil India Limited (OIL) at Baghjan in Tinsukia caught fire.
ABOUT DIBRU SAIKOWA NATIONAL PARK
- Dibru-Saikhowa National Park is a national park in Assam, India, located in Dibrugarh and Tinsukia districts.
- It was designated a Biosphere Reserve in July 1997 with an area of 765 km2 (295 sq mi).
- The park is bounded by the Brahmaputra and Lohit Rivers in the north and Dibru river in the south.
- It mainly consists of moist mixed semi-evergreen forests, moist mixed deciduous forests, canebrakes and grasslands.
- It is the largest salix swamp forest in north-eastern India, with a tropical monsoon climate with a hot and wet summer and cool and usually dry winter.
PRELIMS QUESTION:
Q. Dibru Saikowa national park is located in:
- Assam
- Arunachal Pradesh
- Karnataka
- Nagaland
Answer to Prelims question