Jim Corbett National Park in northern India was established in 1936 as the country's first national park and was renamed after hunter and naturalist Jim Corbett in 1956. Gir National Park in western India was established in 1965 and protects the last remaining habitat of the endangered Asiatic lion. Kaziranga National Park in eastern India is home to two-thirds of the world's great one-horned rhinoceroses and was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Peppara Wildlife Sanctuary in southern India was established in 1983 to protect the forests and wildlife habitat along the Karamana River.

1. Geography Project
By Alex Jimmy

2. Wildlife Sanctuaries
 A wildlife sanctuary is an area where
animal habitats and their surroundings are
protected from any sort of disturbance. The
capturing, killing, and paoching of animal is
strictly prohibited in these regions. They
aim at providing a comfortable living to the
animals.

3. Jim Corbett National park (Northern
India)

4. Information
Jim Corbett National park is ain India located in the
Nanital district of Uttarakhand state. The first
national park in India,it is established in 1936 during the
British raj and named Halley National park after William
Malcom Hailey, a governor of the United provinces in which it is
the located. In 1956 nearly a decade after India’s independence it
was renamed Corbett National park after the hunter and
naturalist Jim Corbett, who had played a leading role in its
establishment and had died the year before. The park the first to come
under Tiger intiative.

5. Gir National park (Western India)

6. Information
Gir National park and Wildlife sanctuary also known as
Sasan Gir, is a forest, National park, and Wildlife sanctuary
near Talala Gir in Gujarat, India. It is located 43km north-
east of Somnath, 65km south-east of Junagadh and 60km
south-west of Amreli. It was established in 1965 in the
erstwhile Nawab of Junagarh’s private hunting area, with
a total area of 1412km squ. Of which 258km squ is fully protected
as National park and 1153km squ as wildlife sanctuary. It is part of
the Khathiar-Gir dry deciduous forest ecoregion.

7. Kaziranga National Park (Eastern India)

8. Information
Kaziranga National Park is a a national park in the
Golaghat and Nagaon district of the state of
Assam,India. The park,which hosts two-birds of the
world’s great one-horned rhinoceroses,is a World
Heritage site. According to the census held in March 2018
which was jointly conducted by the Forest Department of
the Government of Assam and some recongnized wildlife
NGOs,the rhino population in Kaziranga National park is 2413. It
comprises 1641 adult rhino, 387 sub-adult, and 385 calves.

9. Peppara Wildlife sanctuary (Southern
India)

10. Information
The Peppara Wildlifesanctuary is a wildlife sanctuary in
Thiruvananthapuram district of Kerala,India. It consists of the catchment
area of the Karamana Riverzwhich orginates from Chemmunijimottai
, the tallest hill within the sanctuary. The sanctuary is named after the
Peppara Dam,commissioned in 1983 to the augment the drinking water
supply to Thiruvananthapuram city and suburban areas. Considering the
ecological significance of the area,it was declared a sanctuary in 1983. The
terrain is undulating with elevation ranging from 100m to 1717m. The area of
the sanctuary is 75km squ with tropical most evergreenforests and myristica
swamps. It is the part the Agasthyamala Biosphere Reserve. Peppara wildlife
sanctuary is 44km by car from the nearest railway station,at
Thiruvananthapuram,and49km from the Thiruvananthapuram airport.