Sahyadri Tiger Reserve

About Sahyadri Tiger Reserve:

• It is located in the Sahyadri Rangesof the Western Ghats in  It was notified by amalgamating the Chandoli National Park and Koyna Wildlife Sanctuary.
• It includes the area around the Koyna Dam, the Warna River, and many other small rivers and streams originating from the Western Ghats and flowing to the east.
• Unique features:
  • It is undulating with steep escarpments along western boundary.
  • The most distinct feature of the Tiger Reserve is the presence of numerous barren rocky and lateritic plateaus, locally called “Sadas”, with less perennial vegetation and over hanging cliffs on the edges along with numerous fallen boulders with dense thorny bushes.
  • Sahyadri Tiger Reserve is the only place where climax and near-climax vegetations are plentiful and prospects of adverse anthropogenic influence in the future are minimal.
• Vegetation: It has moist evergreen, semi-evergreen, moist and dry deciduous vegetation.
• Flora: There are many medicinal and fruit-bearing trees along with the commercial hard wood trees in the reserve.
• Fauna: Tiger, leopard and some lesser cats along with the wolf, jackal and wild dog.
• Other tiger reserves of Maharashtra: Melghat Tiger Reserve, Bor Tiger Reserve, Nawegaon-Nagzira Tiger Reserve, Pench Tiger Reserve and Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve.