The
Satkosia Gorge is a special component in geomorphology of India. Here Mahanadi has cut appropriate over the Eastern Ghats and has shaped a brilliant canyon with sylvan magnificence and incredible highlights. The Satkosia Gorge with its great floristic creation and astonishing faunal assorted variety on both of its northern dismal southern side over a zone of 795.52 sq Km. has been informed as Satkosia Gorge Sanctuary in May, 1976. Out of the above region, 530.01 sq Km. is in northern side of the crevasse inside Satkosia Wildlife Division inside two areas of Angul and Cuttack. The rest region of 265.51 sq Km. is in southern side inside Mahanadi Wildlife Division inside two areas of Nayagarh and Boudh. The Baisipalli Sanctuary coterminous with the managerial furthest reaches of Baisipalli Reserve Forest in Nayagarh locale has been advised in the year 1981 over a region of 168.35 sq Km.
The Satkosia Tiger Reserve containing
Satkosia Gorge Sanctuary (part) on its north and Satkosia Gorge Sanctuary (Part) and Baisipalli Sanctuary on its south has been told on 31st December, 2007 over a region of 963.87 sq Km.The geological co-ordinates of the extraordinary purposes of the Tiger Reserve limit lie on 20º 23' 40" N and 20º 45 ' 36" N Latitudes and 84º 32' 35" E and 85º 05' 24" E Longitudes, The aggregate territory is comprehensive of the Core region or basic Tiger Habitat of 523.61 sq Km.Out of the aggregate zone of 963.87 sq Km., the zone to the degree of 530.01 sq km of Satkosia Gorge Sanctuary toward the north of Satkosia pig out is in Satkosia Wildlife Division and rest 433.86 sq km is on the sourthen side of crevasse inside
Mahanadi WIldlife Division. Out of the territory on the sourthen side of the canyon, 265.51 sq km goes under Satkosia Gorge Sanctury (part) and 168.35 sq km under Baisipalli haven.
The region of
Satkosia Tiger Reserve bolsters soggy deciduous woods, dry deciduous woodland and damp peninsular Sal timberland. This region is the home for Tiger, Leopard, Elephant, Gaur, Sambar, Spotted deer, Mouse deer, Nilgai, Chousingha, Sloth bear, Wild puppy and so on., Varieties of inhabitant and transient fowls, reptilian species( Gharial, Magar, Crocodile, Fresh Water turtle, Poisons and Non harms snakes and so forth.)
The Forest Department of the Government of Orissa with specialized help from the UNDP and FAO chose to begin a rearing project of crocodiles amid March 1974. As a piece of this joint protection activity, the Gharial Research and Conservation Unit (GRACU) was begun amid March 1975. The GRACU had done spearheading work in crocodile protection in India. The exercises incorporate Conservation Breeding; discharging of raised crocodiles into the wild and its recovery had been a portion of the testing exercises completed by the middle.
