Location Nepal Established July 12, 2010 | Area 550 km² Nearest city Kohalpur | |
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Governing body Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation, Ministry of Forests and Soil Conservation | ||
Water for wildlife banke national park nepal
Banke National Park is located in the Mid-Western Region, Nepal and was established in 2010 as Nepal’s tenth national park after its recognition as a "Gift to the Earth". The protected area covers an area of 550 km2 (210 sq mi) with most parts falling on the Churia range. The park is surrounded by a buffer zone of 344 square kilometres (133 sq mi) in the districts of Banke, Salyan and Dang.
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- Water for wildlife banke national park nepal
- Prayabaran ra bikash banke national park
- Vegetation
- Fauna
- References
Together with the neighboring Bardia National Park, the coherent protected area of 1,518 km2 (586 sq mi) represents the Tiger Conservation Unit (TCU) Bardia-Banke.
Prayabaran ra bikash banke national park
Vegetation
The vegetation in Banke National Park is composed of at least 113 tree species, 107 herbal species and 85 shrub and climber species. Common species include sal, axlewood, Semecarpus anacardium, khair, Terminalia alata.
Fauna
The protected area holds tiger and four-horned antelope. In 2014, a ruddy mongoose was recorded for the first time in the protected area.