Bandhavgarh National Park
Bandhavgarh
Tiger Reserve is located between the Vindhyan hill range and the esstern flank
of Satpu8ra hill range, and falls in the Shahdol and Jabalpur districts of the
Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.
The Reserve gets its name from the highest hill, Bandhavharh (807m),located
in the center of the Reserve.. A chain of smaller hills, thirty -two in all,
surround this hill forming a number of valleys and spurs in between. Bertica
cliffs are more prominent around number of grassy meadows, such as Chalradhara,
Rajbsahera, is of sandstone, water percolates through it, forming a number of
perennial streams and springs. The western parts of the Reserve and Panpatha
Sanctuary area are more of less plain. The hills are mainly flat- topped. The
meadows in certain areas ate marshy.
Sal trees cover low, undulating and plain tracts and degenerate in growth and
quality as they ascend he hill slopes, giving place to mixed forest on the upper
slopes, mainly due to edaphic factors. Gregarious flowering of bamboo in year
1984-85 has resulted in profuse regeneration all over, which is giving good
cover to all animals.
A few rare species such as the insectivorous plant Drocera peltata and medicinal
plants such as Buch (Acorus calamus are found in some isolated patches of Tata
range of the Reserve. The rivers Johilla and Son flowing on the eastern side,
the river Umrar passing through the western fringes and the landmarks of the
Reserve. Bandhavgarh has been an excellent habitat of the tiger and is Known
for its highest density of tiger population in the world.
Forest Types
Moist Peninsular Low Level Sal
West Gangetic Moist Mixed Deciduous Forests.
