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Manas Wildlife Sanctuary

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India
Date of Inscription: 1985
Criteria: (vii)(ix)(x)
Core zone: 50000 ha
State of Assam
N26 43 30 E91 01 50
Ref: 338
Inscription Year on the List of World Heritage in Danger: 1992

Brief Description

On a gentle slope in the foothills of the Himalayas, where wooded hills give way to alluvial grasslands and tropical forests, the Manas sanctuary is home to a great variety of wildlife, including many endangered species, such as the tiger, pygmy hog, Indian rhinoceros and Indian elephant.

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