Dibru Saikhowa National Park is one of nineteen iodiversity hotspots around the world. It's main attaraction is the White Winged Wood Duck which stays happyly in its natural habitat. The bright coloured wild horses which are known as Feral Horses are another species of wild life which makes Dibru Saikhowa very famous.
Dibru - Saikhowa national park is located at about 12 kms north of Tinsukia town of Assam covering an area of 650 sq. km. It is also a Biosphere reserve. The Park bounded by the Brahmaputra and Lohit rivers in the north and Dibru river on the south. It is situated in Dibrugarh and Tinsukia District of Assam. It mainly consists of wet evergreen forests, tropical moist deciduous forest, cane brakes and grasslands. It is the largest salix swamp forest in north east India. Situated in the flood plains of the Brahmaputra and the Lohit, at an altitude of 118 m above sea level, Dibru-Saikhowa is a safe haven for many endangered species. Due to the auto stocking by River Brahmaputra and Dibru, it is rich in Fish Diversity
Total 36 species of mammals have so far been recorded from the Dibru-Saikhowa, of which 12 are listed in the schedule 1 of Wild life (Protection) Act 1972. The mammalian species of Dibru-Saikhowa includes Royal Bengal Tiger, Leopard, Clouded Leopard, Jungle Cat, Sloth Bear, Dhole, Small Indian Civet, Malayan Giant Squirrel, Chinese Pangolin, Gangetic Dolphin, Slow Loris, Pig Tailed Macaque, Assamese Macaque, Rhesus Macaque, Capped Langur, Hollock Gibbon, Asian Elephant, Wild Boar, Sambar, and Hog Deer, barking Deer, Asiatic Water Buffalo, and Feral Horses etc.
Dibru-Saikhowa is uniformly rich and diver in herpeto fauna. 2 species of Monitor Lizards, 8 species of Turtles and 8 species of Snakes have so far been recorded from the Dibru-Saikhowa. 62 dissimilar species of fishes and more than 350 species of birds have also been recorded from the Dibru-Saikhowa.
Dibru Saikhowa enjoys a tropical monsoon climate with a hot and wet summer and cool and more often than not dry winter. The annual rainfall ranges from 2300 mm to 3800 mm. The major rainy months are June, July, August, and September. The yearly temperature of the area ranges from 7 deg C to 34 deg C where June, July and August are the hottest while December and January are the coolest months. . Dibru Saikhowa has tropical monsoon climate with a hot and wet summer and cool and usually dry winter. The annual rainfall ranges from 2300 mm to 3800 mm. The main rainy months are June, July, August and September. The average coldest and warmest temperature of the area ranges from 7° C to 34° C where June, July and August are the hottest while December and January are the coolest months.
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