Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary is located in Bhagalpur District of Bihar, India. The sanctuary is a 60 kilometers stretch of the Ganges River from...

and Kahlgaon in Bihar has been declared a dolphin sanctuary and named Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary, the first such protected area.[citation needed]...

around city is home to the Gangetic dolphin, the National Aquatic Animal of India, and the Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary is established near the...

district. notified as Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary in 1991, it is the protected area for the endangered Gangetic dolphins in Asia. Once found...

specifically for them, such as the Indus Dolphin Reserve in Pakistan and the Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary in India. International trade is prohibited...

of Ganga, in the geological past. It covers 2,620 hectares of the Indo-Gangetic plains in the northern Bihar State. The Site is one of 18 wetlands within...

The sanctuary has areas of swamp forest, dry riverine forest, and khair-sissoo forest (Acacia catechu-Dalbergia sissoo). It is in the Lower Gangetic Plains...

A Wildlife Sanctuary is a protected area of importance for flora, fauna, or features of geological or other interest, which is reserved and managed for...

was a private hunting reserve. The refuge covers portions of the Lower Gangetic Plains moist deciduous forests and Chota Nagpur dry deciduous forests ecoregions...

contributions are reported in the establishment of the Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary, Bhagalpur and he is a recipient of the Order of the Golden...

Wildlife Sanctuary, West Bengal (40 km²) Kabartal Bird Sanctuary, Bihar (30 km²) Ramsagar National Park, Bangladesh (10 km²) Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary...

the dolphin as its national aquatic animal in an attempt to protect the endangered Ganges river dolphin. The Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary has...

Bhagalpur Division. The river Ganga flows through the district. Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary By C.D. Block According to the 2011 census Bhagalpur district...

forests, open woodlands, grasslands, swamps and riverine fringe. Situated in Gangetic plains bio-geographic zone of the Country, the forest has combination of...

several monasteries and Universities such as Nalanda University and Vikramshila University. Magadha emperor Ashoka the Great became a Buddhist and made...

Vikramshila Dolphin Sanctuary is home to the endangered Gangetic Dolphin. Bihar has many wildlife sanctuaries such as Bhimbandh Wildlife Sanctuary, Gautam...

identify it with Gangetic dolphin having striking resemblances with the latter, now found mainly in Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary. Others portray...

Bhimbandh Wildlife Sanctuary is a wildlife sanctuary in Bihar in the south-west of Munger District. During the Mahabharata period, when the Pandavas were...

Kanha Tiger Reserve, created in 1974 under Project Tiger. Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary: Located in the state of Bihar, it is the only protected...

Wildlife sanctuaries Barela Salim Ali Zubba Saheni Bhimbandh Gautam Budha Kaimur Rajgir Udaypur Valmiki Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary Bird sanctuaries...

nearby city has attractions like the Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary, the Bhagalpur Museum, and the Vikramshila University ruins. At the time of the...

Bihar Fauna of Bihar Protected areas of India List of Zoos in India Sanctuaries and National Parks of Bihar Department of Environment & Forest, Bihar...