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Amazing Chandoli

ABOUT CHANDOLI NATIONAL PARK
THE PARK WHICH IS NOW A ‘PROTECTED AREA’ WAS ONCE AN OPEN JAIL OF THE IMPERIAL MARATHAS AND ALL PRISONERS DURING THE CONQUEST OF SHIVAJI MAHARAJ. SHIVAJI’S SON SAMBHAJI MAHARAJ USED PRACHITGAD AS AN OBSERVATION POST AND IT WAS ALSO HIS RECREATIONAL CENTER. CHANDOLI NATIONAL PARK HAS INITIALLY DECLARED A WILDLIFE SANCTUARY IN THE YEAR OF 1985. IT WAS DECLARED AS A NATIONAL PARK IN THE YEAR OF 2004. THE TOTAL AREA OF THE PARK IS 317.67 KM2. SAHYADRI TIGER RESERVE, INCLUDING ALL OF CHANDOLI NATIONAL PARK AND KOYNA WILDLIFE SANCTUARY, WAS DECLARED BY THE NATIONAL TIGER CONSERVATION AUTHORITY AS A PROJECT TIGER, TIGER RESERVE ON MAY 21, 2007.
Geography
Chandoli National Park is located in the Sangli, Satara, Kolhapur, and Ratnagiri districts of the state of Maharashtra. The park spreads along the crest of the Sahyadri Range of the northern Western Ghats. It forms and protects many perennial water channels, water holes, and the Vasant Sagar Reservoir. Sahyadri Tiger Reserve, including all of Chandoli National Park and Koyna Wildlife Sanctuary, was declared by The National Tiger Conservation Authority as a Project Tiger, Tiger Reserve. The park receives its water supply from the Warna River and reservoir as well as several other small streams and rivers. There are many streams and the major river that flows through the Park is Warna River. Flat-topped mountains, rocky, lateritic plateaus called ‘Saddas’, almost devoid of vegetation, large boulders and caves are distinctive to the protected areas in the Sahyadri region of the Western Ghats. This National Park has the natural protection by the way of a ridge formed by the Sahyadri, the Western Ghats. It is situated at Deccan Peninsular Central —–Division. The height of Chandoli National Park is 1900 to 3300 ft. from Sea- Level. The height of Sahyadri Mountain range is about 2100 to 4300 ft. approximately. Elevation of the park ranges from 589–1,044 meters above mean sea level. Longitudes 73°40′ and 73°53′ E Latitudes 17°03′ and 17°20’N