About the Asola Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary:
- Location:
- The sanctuary covers an area of 32.71 sq. km on the Southern Delhi Ridge of the Aravalli hill range on the Delhi-Haryana border.
- It lies in Southern Delhiand the northern parts of Faridabad and Gurugram districts of Haryana state.
- It is also part of the Sariska-Delhi Wildlife Corridor, which runs from the Sariska Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan to Delhi Ridge.
- Vegetation:
- As per Champion & Seth (1968), the vegetation falls under the Northern Tropical Thorn Forests type.
- The native plants exhibit xerophytic adaptations such as thorny appendages, wax-coated, succulent, and tomentose leaves.
- Climate: It is mainly influenced by its remote inland position and prevalence of air of continental character, which is characterized by extreme summer heat alternating with great winter cold.
- Flora: Consists of Prosopis juliflora as the dominant exotic species and Diospyros montana as the dominant native species in the sanctuary.
- Fauna: Golden Jackals, Striped-Hyenas, Indian crested-Porcupines, Civets, Jungle Cats, Snakes, Monitor Lizards, Mongoose etc.
