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Wetlands in Sonai Rupai Sanctuaries , Sonai Rupai Sanctuaries in Assam, Sonai Rupai Sanctuaries , Sonai Rupai Sanctuaries Assam |
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WETLANDS IN LAOKHAWA, ORANG, AND SONAI RUPAI SANCTUARIES Assam
Location: in the Brahmaputra valley between Guwahati and Tezpur, Assam
Area: Area of wetlands unknown; Laokhawa Sanctuary 7014 ha; Orang Sanctuary 7259 ha
Altitude: 40-80 m
Biogeographical province: 4.9.4
Wetland type: 13,18, 21
Description of site: Three, small wildlife sanctuaries on the floodplain of the Brahmaputra river, with areas of riverine swamp and seasonally flooded grassland interspersed amongst tropical deciduous and semi-evergreen forests
Climatic conditions: Humid, tropical monsoon climate, typical of the Brahmaputra Valley
Principal vegetation: Riverine marshes, swampy grassland, and tropical deciduous and semi-evergreen forest Land tenure: Presumably state-owned
Conservation measures taken: All three sites are protected as Sanctuaries established in 1979,1915, and 1934, respectively Land use: No information
Disturbances and threats: No information
Fauna: All three sanctuaries support small populations of the endangered Indian one-horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) and swamp deer (Cervus duvaucelli). The wetlands are important for a wide variety of resident and migratory waterfowl, but few data area available. In 1967, 36 nests of Leptoptilos javanicus were found in Laokhawa Sanctuary. The Bengal florican (Houbaropsis bengalensis) occurs in Orang Sanctuary
Location: in the Brahmaputra valley between Guwahati and Tezpur, Assam
Area: Area of wetlands unknown; Laokhawa Sanctuary 7014 ha; Orang Sanctuary 7259 ha
Altitude: 40-80 m
Biogeographical province: 4.9.4
Wetland type: 13,18, 21
Description of site: Three, small wildlife sanctuaries on the floodplain of the Brahmaputra river, with areas of riverine swamp and seasonally flooded grassland interspersed amongst tropical deciduous and semi-evergreen forests
Climatic conditions: Humid, tropical monsoon climate, typical of the Brahmaputra Valley
Principal vegetation: Riverine marshes, swampy grassland, and tropical deciduous and semi-evergreen forest Land tenure: Presumably state-owned
Conservation measures taken: All three sites are protected as Sanctuaries established in 1979,1915, and 1934, respectively Land use: No information
Disturbances and threats: No information
Fauna: All three sanctuaries support small populations of the endangered Indian one-horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) and swamp deer (Cervus duvaucelli). The wetlands are important for a wide variety of resident and migratory waterfowl, but few data area available. In 1967, 36 nests of Leptoptilos javanicus were found in Laokhawa Sanctuary. The Bengal florican (Houbaropsis bengalensis) occurs in Orang Sanctuary
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