Kaziranga National Park

Kaziranga National Park is located in Assam, India. Two-thirds of the world's Great One-horned Rhinoceroses live in the park, and Kaziranga has the highest density of tigers among protected areas in the world. The park also has large breeding populations of elephants, water buffalo and swamp deer. Located on the edge of the Eastern Himalaya biodiversity hotspot, the park combines high-species diversity and visibility.

Year	Decision	Comments
1985	Inscribed	Reasons for inscription

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• Kaziranga National Park
• Country: India
• Year: 1985
• Natural Heritage
  Criteria:  (9) (10)
• Category: Wildlife habitat, Fauna
• Connections: Bears . Rhino habitat . Tiger habitat .
  
  News and links:
  » Dutch tourist killed by wild elephant in Kaziranga (12-04-2009).
  » Floods submerge 80 per cent of Kaziranga National Park (14-09-2008).
  » Reprieve for Kaziranga: Expansion of NH-37 halted (19-08-2008).
  » Poachers killed a female rhino and its calf when they strayed out of the Kaziranga national park. (23-01-2008).
  
  
  
  

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