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Dehing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuary

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Dehing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuary
Dehing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuary
Dehing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuary
Dehing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuary
Dehing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuary
Dehing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuary
Dehing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuary
Dehing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuary
Dehing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuary
Dehing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuary
Dehing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuary
Dehing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuary
Dehing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuary
Dehing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuary
Dehing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuary
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Dibrugarh District | Near Stiltwell Road, Tinsukia, India

Dehing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuary is located in the Dibrugarh and Tinsukia Districts of Assam and covers an area of 111.19 km2 rainforest. It is part of the Assam valley tropical wet evergreen forest and consists of three parts: Jeypore, upper Dihing River and Dirok rainforest. It was declared a sanctuary on 13 June 2004. This sanctuary is also a part of Dehing-Patkai Elephant Reserve. The rainforest stretches for more than 575 km2 in the districts of Dibrugarh, Tinsukia and Sivasagar. A part of the forest was declared as a wildlife sanctuary by the Government of Assam, while another part falls under the Dibru-Deomali Elephant Reserve. The forest further spreads over in the Tirap and Changlang districts of Arunachal Pradesh. The Dehing Patkai forms the largest stretch of tropical low-land rainforests in India. The forest is often referred as The Amazon of the east owing to its large area and thick forests.The area has several historic attractions, including World War II cemeteries, the Stillwell road and the Digboi refinery, the oldest in Asia.
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