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{{Infobox protected area
| name = Kamlang Tiger Reserve and Wildlife Sanctuary
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| photo = Glao_Glow_Lake_1.jpg
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| photo_caption = Glow Lake in Kamlang Wildlife Sanctuary
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| map = India Arunachal Pradesh#India
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| location = [[Lohit District]], Arunachal Pradesh, India
| nearest_town = [[Wakro]]
| coordinates = {{coords|27|40|00|N|96|26|00|E|display=inline, title}}
| area = {{convert|783|km²}}
| established = 1974
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| governing_body = [[Government of India]], [[Government of Arunachal Pradesh]]
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| url =<ref name=Lohit>{{Cite web|url=http://arunachalpradesh.gov.in/wildlife.htm|title=Wildlife:Kamlang|publisher=Government of Arunachal Pradesh|access-date=19 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150512062820/http://arunachalpradesh.gov.in/wildlife.htm|archive-date=12 May 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>}}

The '''Kamlang Wildlife Sanctuary''', established in 1989, is the 50th Tiger reserve in India. The Sanctuary is rich with [[floral]] and [[faunal]] diversity. It is situated in the [[Lohit District]] of the [[Northeast India|northeastern]] Indian state of [[Arunachal Pradesh]]. The park is named after the Kamlang River which flows through it. The [[Mishmi people|Mishmi]], [[Digaro tribe|Digaro Mishmi]] , and [[Miju Mishmi]] people tribal people who reside around the periphery of the sanctuary claim their descent from the King Rukmo of the epic [[Mahabharata]]. They believe in a myth of an invisible god known as ''Suto Phenkhenynon jamalu''. An important body of water in the sanctuary is the Glow Lake. Located in tropical and sub-tropical climatic zones, the sanctuary is the habitat of the four [[big cat]] species of India: tiger, leopard, clouded leopard and snow leopard.<ref name=Forest>{{Cite web|url=http://arunachalforests.gov.in/Kamlang%20Wildlife%20Sanctuary.html|title=Kamlang Wildlife Sanctuary |publisher=Aruanchal Forest Department |access-date=19 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150222113557/http://arunachalforests.gov.in/Kamlang%20Wildlife%20Sanctuary.html|archive-date=22 February 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=Intro>{{Cite web|url=http://apspcb.org.in/images/pdf/demwe/EIA%20Chapters%2011-14.pdf|format=pdf|title=Demwe Lower HE Project (1750 MW):Protected Area |publisher=Arunachal State Pradesh Power Corporation Board}}</ref>

==Topography==
The sanctuary is in the South-Eastern part of Lohit District. Established in 1989, it covers an area of {{Convert|783|km2}}.<ref name=Lohit/> The [[Lang River]] forms its northern border and the [[Namdapha National Park]] is on its southern border. Wakro town in the Namsai Sub-Division is close to the sanctuary. Namsai town is {{Convert|70|km}} away from Wakro. The nearest rail head and airport are [[Tinsukia]] and [[Dibrugarh]] respectively.<ref name=Forest/> It is one of the twelve protected areas in the state of Arunachal Pradesh.<ref name=Intro/>

The park has a number of bodies of water above an elevation of {{Convert|600|m}}. These include the Glow Lake, at an elevation of {{Convert|5000|ft}}, covering an area of {{Convert|8|km2}}<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.arunachaltimes.in/wordpress/2014/11/29/jewels-of-namsai-district/|title=Jewels of Namsai district |date=29 November 2014|publisher=Arunachal Times |access-date=20 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923174659/http://www.arunachaltimes.in/wordpress/2014/11/29/jewels-of-namsai-district/|archive-date=23 September 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> and with a circumference of about {{Convert|4|-|5|km}}; it is accessible only by trekking. Another notable topographic feature within the park is the "[[Parshuram Kund]]" ('kund' means "pond") which is a pilgrimage place.<ref name=Forest/>

==Flora==
The upper reaches of the park have [[Alpine plant |Alpine vegetation]], particularly on the Daphabum peak which borders the [[Namdapha National Park]]. The lower reaches (below {{Convert|1200|m}}), including the foothills, have tropical wet evergreen forests. 150 tree species have been reported in the park. The main trees found in the park are ''Canarium resiniferum'', ''[[Terminalia chebula]]'', ''[[Gmelina arborea]]'' and ''Amoora wallichii''. A great variety of [[herbs]], [[bamboos]], [[grasses]], and [[shrubs]] are also present,<ref name=Forest/><ref name=Intro/> and 49 species of orchids have also been reported from the park. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.academia.edu/953492/Contributions_to_the_orchid_flora_of_Kamlang_wildlife_sanctuary_in_Lohit_district_of_Arunachal_Pradesh|title= Contributions To The Orchid Flora Of Kamlang WildLife sanctuary In Lohit District Of Arunachal Pradesh |year=2006|publisher= Bulletin of Arunachal Forest Research 22 (1&2)}}</ref>

==Fauna==
Faunal diversity in the park is somewhat similar to that found in the contiguous area of the [[Namdapha Tiger Reserve]]; there are 61 species of mammals, 105 bird species and 20 species of reptiles. The cat species of the wildlife sanctuary includes [[The Royal Bengal Tiger]], Common leopard, [[Clouded leopard]], [[Marbled cat]], [[Leopard cat]] and [[Snow leopard]]. Other notable animal species reported in the park are [[Asian Elephant]], [[Wild boar]], [[Sambar deer|Sambar]], [[Barking deer]] , [[Black Giant Squirrel]] and some flying squirrels.<ref name=Forest/> Of the fifteen species of [[primate]] found in India, six species are found in the park. These are [[Capped langur]] (''Trachypithecus pileatus''), [[Rhesus macaque]] (''Macaca mulatta''), [[Stump-tailed macaque]] (''Macaca arctoides''), [[Assamese macaque]] (''Macaca assamensis''), [[Eastern hoolock gibbon]] (''hoolock leuconedys''), and [[Bengal slow loris]] (''Nycticebus bengalensis'').<ref name=Intro/>

==References==
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[[Category:Wildlife sanctuaries in Arunachal Pradesh]]
[[Category:Tiger reserves of India]]
[[Category:1989 establishments in Arunachal Pradesh]]
[[Category:Protected areas established in 1989]]

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