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[[File:KARLAPAT CHECK GATE.jpg|thumb|right|Karlapat Entrance]]
'''Karlapat Wildlife Sanctuary''' ({{Lang-or|କର୍ଲାପାଟ୍}}) is a wildlife sanctuary located in [[Kalahandi district]] and a popular tourist attraction of [[Odisha]] in [[India]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://orissatourism.gov.in/new/wildlife.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=13 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111130120323/http://orissatourism.gov.in/new/wildlife.htm |archive-date=30 November 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Karlapat Wildlife Sanctuary is about 15 km from [[Bhawanipatna]], the district headquarters of Kalahandi district.

The sanctuary covers an area of {{convert|175|km2}}.<ref>Palei et al. (2011). "[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/265087059_Avifauna_of_Karlapat_Wildlife_Sanctuary_Southern_Orissa_India Avifauna of Karlpat Wildlife Sanctuary]". ''Indian Forester'', Vol. 10, pp. 1197–1203.</ref> It lies within the [[Eastern Highlands moist deciduous forests]] [[ecoregion]].<ref>Wikramanayake, Eric; Eric Dinerstein; Colby J. Loucks; et al. (2002). ''Terrestrial Ecoregions of the Indo-Pacific: a Conservation Assessment.'' Island Press; [[Washington, DC]]. pp. 306–308</ref> Major plant communities include mixed deciduous forests and scrublands.<ref>Negi, Sharad Singh (2002). ''Handbook of National Parks, Sanctuaries, and Biosphere Reserves in India''. Indus Publishing. p. 144</ref> The forest consists of flora like Sal, Bija, Asan, Harida, Amala, Bahada and Bamboo and varieties of medicinal plants.<ref>{{Cite web|title=6 elephants die in two weeks in Odisha’s Karlapat Wildlife Sanctuary|url=https://theprint.in/environment/6-elephants-die-in-two-weeks-in-odishas-karlapat-wildlife-sanctuary/605794/|url-status=live}}</ref>
[[File:KARLAPAT ROAD.jpg|thumb|right|Karlapat Road]]
This sanctuary is home to many wildlife species like tiger, leopard, sambar, nilgai, barking deer, mouse deer, a wide variety of birds like green munia, Great Eared-nightjar and various reptiles.<ref>Palei et al. (2011). ''Avifauna of Karlpat Wildlife Sanctuary''. Indian Forester, Vol. 10, pp. 1197–1203</ref><ref>Palei (2012). " Sighting of Green Avadavat Amandava formosa in Karlapat Wildlife Sanctuary, Odisha, India". ZOO’s PRINT, Volume XXVII, Number 1, p. 25 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/262009707_Sighting_of_Green_Avadavat_Amandava_formosa_in_Karlapat_Wildlife_Sanctuary_Odisha_India</ref><ref>Palei (2014). A first record of the Great Eared-Nightjar Lyncornis macrotis (Vigors, 1831) (Aves: Caprimulgiformes: Caprimulgidae) in Odisha, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 6(12): 6566–6567; https://dx.doi.org/10.11609/JoTT.o3968.6566-7</ref>

== References ==
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{{Protected areas of Odisha}}

[[Category:Eastern Highlands moist deciduous forests]]
[[Category:Wildlife sanctuaries in Odisha]]
[[Category:Kalahandi district]]
[[Category:1992 establishments in Orissa]]
[[Category:Protected areas established in 1992]]

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