Dibru-Saikhowa National Park:
- Biosphere Reserve
– It is located at about 12 km north of Tinsukia town.
– park is bounded by the Brahmaputra and Lohit Rivers in the north and Dibru river in the south.
– It mainly consists of moist mixed semi-evergreen forests, moist mixed deciduous forests, canebrakes and grasslands.
– It is the largest salix swamp forest in north-eastern India, with a tropical monsoon climate with a hot and wet summer and cool and usually dry winter.
In news: Leaking Oil India gas well near Assam’s Dibru-Saikhowa National Park catches fire.
Source: Down to Earth