Purna Wildlife Sanctuary
Purna Wildlife Sanctuary is an untamed life sanctuary in the Western Ghats mountain range, in the States of Gujarat and Maharashtra, India. In the South Gujarat, it is situated between Vyara, Tapi District and Ahwa, Dang District, and in Maharashtra, it is situated in Nandurbar District. Aside from the Dangs' District, it is a piece of the Northern Division of the Dangs' Forest. It was announced an sanctuary in July 1990. It gets its name from the Purna River, which moves through it.
Geology and Environment
The sanctuary has thick backwoods front of teak and bamboo. It has a heat and humidity with moderate to weighty precipitation. The normal precipitation got by this locale is about 2500mm. Three unmistakable climatic seasons are noted: winter, summer and storm. Winter is from center of November to end of February and the normal temperature recorded during the coldest month of January is 10 °C (50 °F). Summer is from March to end of May when the temperature range is 35–40 °C (95–104 °F). Storm season sets in June or early July and endures till September.
A mainstream time to visit the safe-haven is late-fall when the waterway and creeks are brimming with new water. The closest huge city, Surat, is 100 kilometers (62 mi) away. Surat has an air terminal which furnishes joins with the remainder of the country. Vyara is the closest railroad station, which is 20 kilometers (12 mi) away.
In a view to create eco-the travel industry, the Government of Gujarat keeps up Mahal Campsite in this sanctuary. The safe-haven is inside the North Western Ghats damp deciduous woodlands' ecoregion. There are around 700 types of plants and trees.
A portion of the wild creatures found here are the panther, rhesus macaque, hat macaque, normal mongoose, Indian civet feline, Indian porcupine, four-horned impala, yelping deer, sambar, chital, hyena, and wilderness feline. Similarly as with Vansda National Park, which is in Navsari District and the Dangs' Forest, and Shoolpaneshwar Wildlife Sanctuary, which Narmada District imparts to the State of Maharashtra, the Bengal tiger is apparently wiped out around here, yet where Gujarat borders the provinces of Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra has tigers, nevertheless, making the Dangs Forest a possible territory of the tiger.
Somewhere in the range of 1999 and 2003, 139 bird species were recorded here. A portion of the birds found here are normal dim hornbills, dark wilderness fowl, barbets, woodpeckers, shrikes, leafbirds, honey bee eaters, flycatchers, woodland owlets and raptors.
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