Dibang Wildlife Sanctuary is located in Dibang Valley District of Arunachal Pradesh having district headquarter at Anini. The total area of the Dibang Wildlife Sanctuary is 4149 sq.km. This Sanctuary forms part of Dihang-Dibang Biosphere Reserve which is a part of one of the Biodiversity Hotspots of the world. It lies at confluence of Biogeographic realms of Indo-China and Myanmar, making it highly diverse.
The geography of the Sanctuary area is Mountainous, consisting steep to very steep and rugged terrain. The altitude varies from 1800 mean sea level to 5000 (mean sea level). It houses Kahaiwhite snow lake near the international Indo-China border named after the highest peak locally called “Kahaii Kala”. The vegetation of Dibang Wildlife Sanctuary is of temperate and alpine type. The composition of flora depends mainly on the locality factor i.e. climatic, topographic, edaphic and biotic factors.
The major animal species found in the Sanctuary includes, Bengal Tiger, Clouded Leopard, Asiatic Golden Cat, Leopard Cat, Marbled Cat, Asiatic Wild dog, Asiatic Wild dog, Asiatic Wild dog, Asiatic Black bear, Spotted Linsang, Yellow-throated Marten, Stone Marten, Red Panda, Smooth Coated Otter, Eurasian Otter, Yellow-bellied Weasel, Siberian Weasel, Barking deer, Gongshan Muntjac, Himalayan Serow, Red Goral, Musk deer, etc. The herbivores found are Goral, Takin, Serow and Musk Deer. Migration of population takes place due to food crises during seasonal variation. Among this carnivores are snow leopards in high altitudes and clouded leopard in the lower latitudinal zone found here.
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