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Location:
Parsa
Wildlife Reserve is situated in the lowland Terai of Nepal
adjoining Royal Chitwan National Park in the west.
Features:
The
reserve has a sub-tropical monsoon climate. The dominant
landscape of the reserve is the Churiya hills ranging from
750m to 950m, east to west. In the Churiya hills, chir pine
grows along the rivers and streams. Sabai grass, a commercially
important species, grows well along the southern face of
the Churiya hills. The forests of the reserve consist of
tropical and subtropical vegetation with sal trees comprising
90% of it. Other trees found are khair, sissoo and the silk
cotton tree. The reserve supports a good population of the
wild elephant, tiger, leopard, sloth bear, gaur, blue bull
and wild dog. Other common animals are sambar deer, chital
deer, hog deer, barking deer, langur monkey, striped hyena,
ratel, palm civet and jungle cat. Many species of snakes
are found in the reserve due to its tropical climate. The
species include king cobra, common cobra, krait, rat snake
and the python. There are about 300 species of birds found
in the reserve. Some of the common ones include giant hornbill,
peafowl, red jungle fowl, flycatchers and woodpeckers.
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