85 % of the Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve (KNPTR) remains submerged due to fresh wave of flood in Assam.
It is located between the Brahmaputra River and the Karbi Anglong Hills in Golaghat and Nagaon districts of Assam.
Located on the edge of the Eastern Himalaya biodiversity hotspot.
Declared UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985.
Is home to world’s largest population of the Greater One-Horned Rhinoceros, wild Asiatic water buffalo and eastern swamp deer.
Diphlu and Mora Dhansiri are some notable rivers within the park.
Two-thirds of the world’s population of one-horned rhinos live in this park. The 2018 census had yielded 2,413 rhinos and approximately 1,100 elephants.
In 2006, it was declared a tiger reserve as at that time it has highest density of tigers in all global protected areas of tigers.
Recognized as an important bird area by Birdlife International for the conservation of wildlife species.
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