About Pilibhit Tiger Reserve:
- Location: It is located in the state of Uttar Pradesh, forming part of the Terai Arc Landscape, in the upper Gangetic Plain Biogeographic Province.
- It lies along the India-Nepal border in the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Rivers: The River Gomti originates from the PTR, which is also the catchment of several others like Sharda, Chuka, and Mala Khannot.
- The Sharda Sagar Dam, is on the boundary of the reserve.
- Climate: It has a dry and hot climate, which brings a combination of dry teak forest and Vindhya Mountain soils.
- Vegetation: It consists of Tropical Moist Deciduous Forests, Tropical Dry Deciduous Forests, Seasonal Swamp Forests and Tropical Semi-evergreen Forests.
- Flora: The Sal woodland is very dense with good natural regeneration, amounting to almost 76% of the reserve area.
- The forest patches are interspersed with grass meadows with several species like Sacchrum, Sclerostachya, Imperata, Themeda, Bothriochloa, Vetiveria, Apluda, Dichanthium, Digitaria and Cyperus.
- Fauna: It is home to a myriad of wild animals, including the endangered tiger, swamp deer, Bengal florican, hog deer, leopard, etc.
