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The Flora &
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The Flora
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The forests cover 1,55,414.27 square kilometres, about 35.07% of the
geographical area of Madhya Pradesh. 53.52% of these forests is
reserved forest, 42.27% is protected forest and 4.21% is unclassified
forest. More than 50% area of Bastar and Sarguja district is under
forest. More than 40% of the Balaghat, Bilaspur and East Nimar
districts is forested. Areas around Ujjain district are lacking in the
forest cover, only about 10% of this part is under forests.
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Mansoon forests are found in areas having more than 125 cm
rainfall and thorn forest are found in the areas having less
than 75 cm less than rainfall. The area under the teak forests
in the state is about 31000 square kilometres (20% of the total
forested area) and the Sal forests are about 38,000 square
kilometre (24% of the total area). The teak forest is found in Hoshangabad, Sagar, Jabalpur, Mandla and Bastar districts, while
the Sal forest are found in the Balaghat, Raipur, Mandla, Bastar,
Rajgadh, Sarguja, Sidhi and Shahdol districts. About 1659 cubic
meter timber is produced from these forests annually, out of
which 42% is produced as timber and remaining 58% is fuel wood.
About 60% Tendu leaf of India is produced in Madhya Pradesh.
Raipur, Bilaspur, Bastar, Sarguja, Shahdol. Sidhi, Rewa, Sagar,
Jabalpur districts produce most of the Tendu leaf.
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Forest produced based Industries |
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The
important forest produce based industries are Paper Industry (Nepa
Nagar, East Nimar, Amlai, Shahdol). Bidi industry (Jabalpur,
Sagar, Damoh, Raipur district), Saw Mill Industry (Jabalpur,
Raipur, Durg, Bilaspur, Mandla and Chhindwara districts).
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The Fauna |
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The important wild
life National Parks in Madhya Pradesh are – Madhav National Park
(Shivpuri district), The Kanha Kisli National Park (Mandla
Districts), and the Bandhavgarh National Park (Shahdol
district). Tiger is the main wild animal in these national
parks. The Bandhavgarh is famous for white tiger in the world.
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National Parks
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Area (sq km)
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Fauna
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Kanha
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939.94
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Tiger,
Leopard, Gaur, Chital, Sambar, Nilgai,
Chinkara, Barking Deer, Barasingha,
Wild Boar.
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Bandhavgarh
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448.00
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Tiger,
Leopard, Gaur, Chital, Sambar, Nilgai,
Chinkara, Barking Deer, Wild Boar.
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Madhav
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337.00
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Leopard,
Chital, Sambar, Nilgai, Chinkara,
Black Buck, Chausingha, Wild Boar.
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Sanjay
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1938.01
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Tiger,
Leopard, Chital, Sambar, Nilgai.
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Indrawati
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1258.37
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Tiger,
Leopard, Gaur, Chital, Sambar.
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Van Vihar
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4.45
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Zoological
Park.
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Panna
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542.66
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Leopard, Wild
Boar, Chital, Tiger, Deer,
Sambar.
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Satpura
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524.37
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Tiger,
Leopard, Sambar, Chital, Nilgai,
Gaur, Bear.
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Kanger
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200.00
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Tiger,
Leopard, Sambar, Chital,
Singing Hill Maina.
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Fossil
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0.27
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Plant-Fossils.
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Pench
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293.00
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Tiger,
Leopard, Chital, Gaur, Sambar,
Wild Boar, Muntjac, Nilgai.
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