BILIGIRI RANGANATHASWAMY TIGER RESERVE – ENVIRONMENT
News:
60 acres of forest
affected by fire at BRT Tiger Reserve
What's
in the news?
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Nearly 60 acres of forest were affected by
a major fire, ostensibly triggered by some unidentified miscreants, at Biligiri
Ranganathaswamy Temple Tiger (BRT) Reserve.
Biligiri
Rangaswamy Temple Tiger Reserve (BRT):
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It is located in Chamarajanagar district
of Karnataka State.
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This unique Bio-geographical habitat is in
the middle of the bridge between the
Western and Eastern ghats.
Uniqueness:
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The tiger reserve derives its name from
'BILIGIRI', the white rocky cliff which has a temple of Lord 'VISHNU', locally
known as ‘Rangaswamy’.
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It was declared as a Tiger Reserve in
2011.
Vegetation:
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The forests of BRT Tiger Reserve are
principally of dry deciduous type
and are interspersed with moist deciduous, semi-evergreen, evergreen and shola
patches occurring at varying altitudes.
Flora:
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The major species include Anogeissus
latifolia, Dalbergia paniculata, Grewia teliaefolia, Terminalia alata,
Terminalia bellirica, Terminalia paniculata etc.
Fauna:
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Animals including tiger, elephant,
leopard, wild dog, bison, sambar, spotted deer, barking deer, four-horned
antelope, sloth bear, wild boar, common langur, bonnet macaque, varieties of
reptiles, birds, etc., are found in the Tiger Reserve.