Kaziranga National Park

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UNESCO World Heritage Site national park wildlife sanctuary

Kaziranga National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage wildlife reserve in northeastern India, famed for its dense population of the endangered one-horned rhinoceros and rich biodiversity.

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Kaziranga Tiger Reserve 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
national park ⓘ
wildlife sanctuary ⓘ
area approximately 430 square kilometers ⓘ
country India ⓘ
designation Important Bird Area ⓘ
Tiger Reserve ⓘ
ecosystem floodplain ecosystem ⓘ
established 1905 ⓘ
facingThreats flooding ⓘ
habitat loss ⓘ
poaching ⓘ
governingBody Government of Assam ⓘ
Government of India ⓘ
habitatType tall elephant grasslands ⓘ
tropical moist broadleaf forests ⓘ
wetlands ⓘ
hasClimate tropical monsoon climate ⓘ
importantSpecies Asian elephants ⓘ
surface form: Asian elephant

Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) ⓘ
surface form: Bengal tiger

Indian rhinoceros ⓘ
swamp deer ⓘ
wild water buffalo ⓘ
IUCNCategory II ⓘ
knownFor conservation of elephants ⓘ
conservation of tigers ⓘ
high biodiversity ⓘ
large population of Indian one-horned rhinoceros ⓘ
wetland and grassland ecosystems ⓘ
locatedIn Assam ⓘ
locatedInDistrict Biswanath district ⓘ
Golaghat district ⓘ
Nagaon district ⓘ
Sonitpur district ⓘ
locatedInRegion northeastern India ⓘ
locatedOnBankOf Brahmaputra ⓘ
surface form: Brahmaputra River
nearestCity Guwahati ⓘ
nearestTown Bokakhat ⓘ
originalStatus reserve forest ⓘ
partOf Kaziranga National Park self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kaziranga Tiger Reserve
recognizedAs Ramsar Wetland of International Importance ⓘ
surface form: Ramsar Site
riverSystem Brahmaputra Valley ⓘ
surface form: Brahmaputra River basin
state Assam ⓘ
tourismActivity bird watching ⓘ
wildlife safaris ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (ix) ⓘ
(x) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageDesignationYear 1985 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId 337 ⓘ
upgradedToNationalParkYear 1974 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Assam → contains → Kaziranga National Park ⓘ
Assam → hasProtectedArea → Kaziranga National Park ⓘ
Northeast India → hasProtectedArea → Kaziranga National Park ⓘ
Tezpur → locatedNear → Kaziranga National Park ⓘ
Guwahati → nearestNationalPark → Kaziranga National Park ⓘ
Kaziranga National Park → partOf → Kaziranga National Park self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kaziranga Tiger Reserve
Assam → worldHeritageSite → Kaziranga National Park ⓘ