Pragnya IAS · Map 24 · Climate & environment

India: some wildlife reserves map study

Anchor flagship reserves to their states, habitats and signature species.

INDIA · LOCATION STUDYLabels

Original Pragnya learning artwork; generalized state boundaries: geoBoundaries · DataMeet / Election Commission of India · CC BY 2.5 IN. Markers are approximate reference locations, not thematic boundaries. Source depictions of disputed areas are not a legal boundary statement.

STUDY NOTE 1

Read reserve, habitat, species together

Kaziranga (Assam, floodplain grassland, one-horned rhino), Gir (Gujarat, dry deciduous, Asiatic lion), Sundarbans (West Bengal, mangrove, tiger), Jim Corbett (Uttarakhand, terai, tiger) and Periyar (Kerala, evergreen, elephant).

STUDY NOTE 2

Project Tiger geography

Tiger reserves span from Corbett and Ranthambore to Kanha, Bandipur and Nagarhole — track them as a belt across central and southern India plus the terai.

STUDY NOTE 3

Reserves versus parks

National parks, wildlife sanctuaries, tiger reserves and biosphere reserves are different legal categories; a map of “wildlife reserves” mixes several of them.

Map reading task

Plot ten reserves and write state, habitat and flagship species beside each.

Map key · Reference locations

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What does this india: some wildlife reserves lesson explain?

UPSC map practice & Geography Optional connection

For UPSC Prelims, pair the location with its state, neighbouring relief and relevant geographic process. For GS I and Geography Optional Indian geography revision, use a simple labelled sketch to explain the relationship rather than replacing the answer with place names. These are Pragnya-authored exercises, not official UPSC previous-year questions.

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Pragnya IAS explanations and practice are independently authored. The uploaded geography compilation informed topic selection only; its pages, illustrations, advertisements and personal watermarks are not republished. Licensed base data retain their original attribution. These lessons are educational references, not navigation, legal boundary or live hazard maps.