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Kaziranga National Park (Assamese: কাজিৰঙা ৰাষ্ট্ৰীয় উদ্যান, ''Kazirônga Rastriyô Uddyan'', ) is an Indian national park and a World Heritage Site in Golaghat and Nagaon districts of Assam, India. It is refuge for the world's largest population of Great One-horned Rhinoceros. Kaziranga has the highest density of tigers in the World and is declared a Tiger Reserve in 2006. The park has many Elephant, Water Buffalo and Swamp Deer. It is recognized as an Important Bird Area by Birdlife International for conservation of avifaunal species. The park has achieved notable progress in wildlife conservation despite several constraints. Kaziranga is a vast stretch of tall elephant grass, marshland and dense tropical moist broadleaf forests crisscrossed by four main rivers — Brahmaputra, Diphlu, Mora Diphlu and Mora Dhansiri and has numerous small water bodies. Kaziranga has been the theme of several books, documentaries and songs. The park celebrated its centenary in 2005 since its establishment in 1905 as a reserve forest. ==Geography== The park is located between latitude 26°30 N to 26°45 N and longitude 93°08 E to 93°36 E in the Kaliabor subdivision of the Nagaon district and the Bokakhat subdivision of the Golaghat district, in the state of Assam in India. It is roughly long and wide, with an area of 378.22 km², having lost around 51.14 km² to erosion by the Brahmaputra. A total addition of along the present boundary of the park has been made and notified with separate national park status to provide extended habitat for increasing population of wildlife or as a corridor for safe movement of animals to Karbi Anglong Hills.〔 The southern border of the park is roughly defined by the Mora Diphlu river. Further south are the hills of Barail and the Mikir. The National Highway NH-37 was once the formal southern boundary of the park.〔 The Brahmaputra River constitutes the dynamically changing Northern boundary of the park. The other rivers in Kaziranga are Diphlu, Mora Diphlu and Mora Dhansiri.〔 〕 Kaziranga is mostly flat expanses of fertile alluvial silt (part of the highly fertile Middle Brahmaputra alluvial flood plains),〔 exposed sandbars, riverine flood-formed lakes called Beels (''Beel''s make up as much as 5% of the surface area)〔 and elevated flats called ''chapories'' where animals shelter during floods. Many artificial ''chapories'' have been built with the help of the Indian Army.〔(Kaziranga National Park ). WildPhotoToursIndia. Retrieved on 2007-02-27〕〔 〕 The average altitude of the park ranges from 40 to ,〔 with the Mikir Hills to the south of the park rising to around .〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Geography of Kaziranga National Park」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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