About Corbett Tiger Reserve:
- It is located on the foothills of the Himalayas in Uttarakhand.
- It was originally established as Hailey National Park in 1936.
- It is not only the first national park in India, but also the first to come under the Project Tiger initiative.
- Terrain: The terrain is undulating with several valleys. The rivers Ramganga, Pallaen, and Sonanadi flow through the valleys.
- It is spread over the Bhabar and lower Shivalik regions with a deep-water table.
- The tract is porous with boulders and sand deposits.
- Vegetation: North Indian tropical moist deciduous forests and tropical dry deciduous forests:
- In general, the vegetation comprises sal and mixed forests, interspersed with grass lands and riparian vegetation.
- The grasslands are locally known as ‘Chaur’, which are an outcome of abandoned settlements or past clearings.
- Flora: Evergreen Sal and its combined trees, the Sheesham, and the Kanju are found extensively on the ridges.
- Fauna: Tigers and elephants, leopards, sambar, hog deer, spotted deer etc.
