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Aralam wildlife sanctuary
Aralam wildlife sanctuary
Aralam wildlife sanctuary
Aralam wildlife sanctuary
Aralam wildlife sanctuary
Aralam wildlife sanctuary
Aralam wildlife sanctuary
Aralam wildlife sanctuary
Aralam wildlife sanctuary
Aralam wildlife sanctuary
Aralam wildlife sanctuary
Aralam wildlife sanctuary
Aralam wildlife sanctuary
Aralam wildlife sanctuary
Aralam wildlife sanctuary
Aralam wildlife sanctuary
Aralam wildlife sanctuary
Aralam wildlife sanctuary
Aralam wildlife sanctuary
Aralam wildlife sanctuary
Aralam wildlife sanctuary
Aralam wildlife sanctuary
Aralam wildlife sanctuary
Aralam wildlife sanctuary
Phone:
+91 490 249 3160

Address:
Aralam Farm P.O | Valayamchal Near Peravoor, Kannur, India

Aralam Wildlife Sanctuary is the northernmost wildlife sanctuary of Kerala, southwest India. It is 55 km2 in area and located on the western slope of the Western Ghats. It was established in 1984. The headquarters of the sanctuary is near Iritty. Aralam Wildlife Sanctuary is situated in the southeast part of Kannur District. It lies between 11° 54′ and 11° 59′ north latitude and 75° 47′ and 75° 57′ east longitude. The sanctuary area falls in Aralam, Kelakam and Kottiyoor revenue villages and is located in the northwest slopes of Western Ghats contiguous with the forests of Coorg district of Karnataka state. The PA consists of Aralam Range, the only range of Aralam wildlife division, which is part of Northern Wildlife Circle Palakkad. The extent of the sanctuary is 55 square kilometres . The sanctuary was constituted in 1984 as per GO 300/84/AD dated 15 October 1984. It was formed by carving out areas from the Odanthode Malavaram of Thalassery special division which was an erstwhile private forest, subsequently taken over by Govt. as per the provisions of the Kerala Private Forests Act 1971 and from the Kottiyoor RF of Wayanad Forest Division. The vested forest portion of the sanctuary is 32.64 square kilometres and the 22.36 km2 is part of Kottiyoor RF . Till 30.6.98 this sanctuary was a range in Wayanad Wildlife Division. It started functioning as an independent wildlife division since 1.7.98 as per GO 36/98 dated 27.5.98. In the First Management Plan the entire area was divided into two zones viz: the Core Zone and the Buffer Zone.Climatic factors include rainfall, temperature, humidity, frost and so on. Average rainfall: 4000 mm Temperature: 11.0°C to 40.0°C Humidity: 60 to 100 % Wind: Regular wind during Southwest monsoon Water source: Cheenkannipuzha
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