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{{Infobox protected area
| name = Dehing Patkai National Park
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| photo_caption =Young Green Trinket Snake in Dehing Patkai National Park
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| map_caption = Location in Assam, India
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| location =[[Dibrugarh district|Dibrugarh]] and [[Tinsukia district|Tinsukia]], [[Assam]]
| nearest_city = [[Khonsa]], [[Naharkatia]], [[Duliajan]], [[Dibrugarh]]
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| area_km2 = 231.65
| established = 2004
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| governing_body =[[Government of Assam]]
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'''Dehing Patkai National Park''' is located in the [[Dibrugarh district|Dibrugarh]] and [[Tinsukia district]]s of [[Assam]] and covers an area of {{convert|231.65|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} [[rainforest]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nenow.in/north-east-news/assam/environment-group-hails-assam-governments-decision-to-upgrade-wildlife-sanctuary-into-national-park.html |title=Environmentalist hails Assam government’s decision to upgrade Dihing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuary into national park |last= Chakraborty |first= Avik|date=7 December 2020 |website=nenow.in |publisher=Northeast Now|access-date=14 December 2020 }}</ref><ref>[http://assamforest.in/NP_Sanctuaries/wls_dPatkai.php Dehing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuaries] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130517204725/http://assamforest.in/NP_Sanctuaries/wls_dPatkai.php |date=17 May 2013}} Department of Environment & Forests, Government of Assam, Retrieved 2 September 2015</ref>
It was declared a wildlife sanctuary on 13 June 2004. On 13 December 2020 [[Government of Assam]] upgraded it into a national park.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pratidintime.com/dehing-patkai-upgraded-to-national-park/ |title= Dehing Patkai Upgraded to National Park |last= Bureau |first=Pratidin |date=14 December 2020 |website=pratidintime.com |publisher=[[Pratidin Time]] |access-date=14 December 2020 }}</ref> On 9 June 2021 Forest Department of Assam officially notified it as a national park.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pratidintime.com/dehing-patkai-declared-national-park-7th-in-assam/amp/|title= Dehing Patkai Declared National Park, 7th in Assam |last= Bureau |first=Pratidin |date=9 June 2021|website=pratidintime.com |publisher=[[Pratidin Time]] |access-date=9 June 2021}}</ref> It is located in the [[Dehing patkai landscape]] which is a [[dipterocarp]]-dominated lowland rainforest. The rainforest stretches for more than {{convert|575|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} in the districts of [[Dibrugarh]], [[Tinsukia]] and [[Charaideo district|Charaideo]]. The forest further spreads over in the [[Tirap district|Tirap]] and [[Changlang district]]s of [[Arunachal Pradesh]]. The Dehing Patkai forms the largest stretch of lowland rainforests in India. The Dehing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuary was declared as Dehing-Patkai Elephant Reserve under [[Project Elephant]].<ref>{{cite thesis |last=Bhattacharjee|first=J. |date=2013 |title=Environmental activism in North East India: exploring environmental movements and action groups with special reference to Assam |type=PhD thesis |publisher=Jawaharlal Nehru University |location=New Delhi |chapter=Exploring Environmental Movements in Assam: Some Case Studies |chapter-url=http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in:8080/jspui/bitstream/10603/13466/11/11_chapter%204.pdf |pages=91–118}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Sharma|first=N. |date=2020 |title=Dehing Patkai: A survivor once again |work=The Hill Times |volume=XXI |issue=151 |page=4 |url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/14Ckout5DxcP5wHNfuBYPaoMcqE7M8_BM/view?fbclid=IwAR2gE3wq7P-L7m4BN8DIiBTGsUI9DAVdJS45rFh7DsHZLTAI16n72cMdNvg}}</ref>

==Climate==
The climate of the region is mostly [[Tropical climate|tropical]] with an annual rainfall of more than 4,000 mm. Monthly precipitation is at least 60 mm.{{Citation needed|date=July 2011}}

==Wildlife==

===Fauna===
Being a completely virgin rainforest, this National Park is very rich in biodiversity. It is an ideal habitat for non-human primates. Till date, 47 [[mammal]] species, 47 [[reptile]] species and 310 [[butterfly]] species have been recorded. The most common mammal species of this National Park are [[hoolock gibbon]], [[slow loris]], [[Assamese macaque]], [[stump-tailed macaque]], [[capped langur]], [[Asian elephant]], [[Bengal tiger]], [[Indian leopard]], [[gaur]], [[Chinese pangolin]], [[Himalayan black bear]], [[Red giant flying squirrel]], [[leopard cat]], [[clouded leopard]], [[porcupine]], [[crab eating mongoose]], [[sambar (deer)|sambar]], [[sun bear]], [[binturong]], [[barking deer]], [[Asian golden cat]] and [[marbled cat]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Choudhury |first1=A. U. |year=2013 |title=The mammals of North East India |publisher=Gibbon Books and the Rhino Foundation for Nature in NE India |location=Guwahati |isbn=938065202X}}</ref>

====Avifauna====
{{original research|section|date=May 2017}}
[[File:Blue-eared Kingfisher, Alcedo meninting.jpg|thumb|A [[Blue-eared kingfisher]] photographed inside the wildlife sanctuary]]
Dehing Patkai rainforest harbours about 293 bird species, belonging to 174 genera and 51 families. The majority is resident (63.7%), some are winter visitors (23.1% ), and very few are summer visitors (2.5%). About 10.7% are altitudinal migrants, coming mainly from the higher reaches of the western, central and eastern Himalayas. Avifauna includes [[slender-billed vulture]], [[white-winged duck]], [[greater adjutant]], [[lesser adjutant]], [[greater spotted eagle]], [[yellow-vented warbler]], [[broad-billed warbler]], [[white-naped yuhina]], [[white-cheeked partridge]], [[great hornbill]], [[Austen's brown hornbill|brown hornbill]], [[Oriental darter]], [[osprey]], [[kalij pheasant]], [[grey peacock pheasant]], [[besra]], [[black baza]] and [[hill myna]].

===Flora===
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The different trees of this four-layered rainforest are laden with many exotic species of orchids and bromeliads. There is an abundance of ferns, epiphytes, wild banana, orchids, arums, climbers and lianas in this humid forest habitat. Some of the important tree species found in this forest area are – Hollong, Mekai, Dhuna, Uriyam, Nahar, Samkothal, Bheer, Hollock, Nahor, Au– tenga (elephant apple), different species of Dimoru etc. The towering Hollong tree which is also the state tree of Assam dominates the emergent layer of this rainforest.

The forests are wet tropical evergreen Assam valley forests.

The important species of over wood are Dipterocarpus macrocarpus, Mesua ferrea, Castanopsis indica, Shorea assamica, Vatica lanceaefolia, Amoora wallichii, Dysoxylum binectiferum etc. The other species found in understorey are [[Garcinia lanceifolia]], Michelia muni, Baccaurea sapida, Bischofia javanica, Myristica limifolia etc. The shrub and herb layer has Glochidion spp., Alpinia spp., Mallotus philippinensis, wild banana, tree fern, pepper etc. The ground cover mainly has Melastoma, Leea and other species.

==Ethnic groups==
The Dehing Patkai Forest region has a rich cultural heritage. There are more than a dozen different ethnic groups living in the area including the indigenous Assamese communities, particularly [[Tai Phake people|Tai Phake]], [[Khamyang people|Khamyang]], [[Khampti]], [[Singpho people|Singpho]], [[Nocte]], [[Chutia people|Chutia]], [[Ahom people|Ahom]], [[Jalia Kaibarta|Kaibarta]], [[Moran language|Moran]] , Motok, [[Burma|Burmese]], and [[Nepali people]]. [[Tea-tribes]] were brought by the British to work in the tea plantations.{{citation needed|date=February 2018}}

== References ==
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== External links ==
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* [http://onlinesivasagar.com/tourism/dehing-patkai-wildlife-sanctuary.php Wildlife Heaven – Dehing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuary]

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[[Category:Tinsukia district]]
[[Category:Rainforests]]
[[Category:Dibrugarh district]]
[[Category:National parks in Assam]]
[[Category:Protected areas established in 2004]]
[[Category:2004 establishments in Assam]]

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