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A national park is a park in use for conservation purposes, created and protected by national
governments. Often it is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign
state declares or owns. Although individual nations designate their own national parks differently,
there is a common idea: the conservation of 'wild nature' for posterity and as a symbol of national
pride.
The forest in the area was declared the Dandeli
Wildlife Sanctuary on 10 May 1956. The state
proposed carving out a section of the sanctuary to
form the Anshi national park, which was
implemented on 2 September 1987. The initial
proposal covered 250 square kilometers. When the
final notification of the park area was issued in
2002, it was extended by another 90 square
kilometers. The Park is home to several
hydroelectric dams and a nuclear power station.
Located in the Western Ghats range from 14°54' to
15°07' N latitude and 74°16' to 74°30’ E longitude,
Kali Tiger River's elevation varies from 27–1,059 m
(89–3,474 ft) above MSL. Despite high rainfall in
this area, water holes go dry very early in the
summer because the soil is laterite, with minimal
water-holding capacity.
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Anshi National Park Forest canopy.
Medicinal candy corn plant.
Some common trees and plants here include: bintangur, Calophyllum wightianum, Malabar
tamarind, Garcinia morella, Knema attenuata, Hopea wightiana, Tetrameles nudiflora,
blackboard tree, Flacourtia Montana, Machilus macrantha, Carallia brachiata, aini-maram,
Artocarpus lacucha, true cinnamon, bamboo, bauhinia, eucalyptus, lantana, silver oak, teak
and Jamba.
The animals found here are as followsBLACK PANTHER
ELEPHANT
TIGER
INDIAN BISON
SLOTH BEAR
INDIAN WILD BOAR
WILD DOG
There are many reptiles in the park such as the king cobra, Spectacled cobra, Russell's viper,
Saw-scaled viper, common krait, Indian rock python and monitor lizards.
Besides that, there are many birds such as The Ceylon frogmouth, Great hornbill, Malabar pied
hornbill, Malabar grey hornbill, Indian grey hornbill and Asian fairy bluebird. Around 200 species
of birds are recorded in the park
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