Dibru-Saikhowa National Park, Assam

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Dibru-Saikhowa National Park, Assam

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Dibru-Saikhowa National Park, Assam

As polling ends at Laika and Dodhia stations inside Dibru-Saikhowa National Park, armed forest guards escort polling teams back to district headquarters. The event brings focus to the location and ecological significance of the national park.

Dibru-Saikhowa National Park:

Dimension Key Details
Location Dibrugarh and Tinsukia districts of Assam.
BoundariesBrahmaputra and Lohit rivers in the north and Dibru River in the south.
Protected Status Biosphere Reserve.
Climate Comprises tropical monsoon conditions with hot and wet summers and cool and usually dry winters.
Vegetation Types Comprises moist mixed semi-evergreen forests, moist mixed deciduous forests, canebrakes, and grasslands.
Special Flora Feature Provides for the largest salix swamp forest in northeastern India.
Flora Comprises pine vegetation, Tetrasperma, Dalbergia sissoo, Dillenia indica, and other tropical trees.
Conservation Focus Provides for conservation and development of the White-winged wood duck in its natural habitat.
Notable Fauna Comprises feral horses, hoolock gibbon, water buffalo, tiger, elephant, capped langur, slow loris, and Gangetic river dolphin.
Bird Importance Is identified as an Important Bird Area with more than 382 bird species.
Bird Species Comprises Greater Adjutant Stork, Lesser Adjutant Stork, and Greater Crested Grebe.
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With reference to the climate of Dibru-Saikhowa National Park, consider the following statements:

1. It has tropical monsoon conditions.
2. Summers are hot and wet.
3. Winters are cool and usually dry.

Which of the statements given above are correct?