Английская Википедия:Giant's Tank Sanctuary
Шаблон:Infobox protected area Giant's Tank Sanctuary (Шаблон:Lang-ta Kaṭṭukkarai Kuḷam Caraṇālayam) is a wildlife sanctuary in northern Sri Lanka, approximately Шаблон:Convert south east of Mannar.
History
Giant's Tank and its surrounding area was designated as a sanctuary on 24 September 1954 under the Fauna and Flora Protection Ordinance (No. 2) of 1937.[1][2] It had an area of Шаблон:Convert in 1990.[1] It currently has an area of Шаблон:Convert.[2]
Giant's Tank Sanctuary has been subject to illegal deforestation to make way for banana plantation for the Dole Food Company.[3][4]
Flora and fauna
Giant's Tank is surrounded by rice paddies and dry scrub forest.[1] Numerous varieties of water and wader birds are found in the sanctuary including the Eurasian wigeon, garganey, knob-billed duck and pygmy goose.[1] Fish found in the tank include channa striata, heteropneustes fossilis, labeo dussumieri, Mozambique tilapia, olive barb, ompok bimaculatus and long-snouted barb.[1] Asian elephants are also found in the sanctuary.[1]
References
Шаблон:Northern Province, Sri Lanka topics
- Английская Википедия
- 1954 establishments in Ceylon
- Important Bird Areas of Sri Lanka
- Madhu DS Division
- Protected areas established in 1954
- Protected areas in Northern Province, Sri Lanka
- Wildlife sanctuaries of Sri Lanka
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