Kaziranga National Park

High school (ages 12+)
Environment & Earth

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/kaziranga-national-park

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. Where is Kaziranga National Park?Golaghat and Nagaon districts, Assam, India
2. How many people live in Kaziranga National Park?Estimated Indian rhinoceros population: over 2,600 individuals (as of recent surveys)
3. What animals can I see at Kaziranga National Park?You can see many animals there, like the Indian rhinoceros, Bengal tiger, Asian elephant, swamp deer, hog deer, and more than 500 kinds of birds.
4. Why is Kaziranga so special for rhinos?It has the biggest group of Indian rhinos in the world, with over 2,600 animals. The park’s protection and anti‑poaching work helped rhinos recover from being almost extinct.

Biodiversity Hotspot: A biogeographic region with significant levels of biodiversity that is threatened by human activity.
Inviolable Space: An area within a protected zone where human interference is strictly prohibited to ensure species safety.
Adaptive Management: A systematic process for improving management policies and practices by learning from the outcomes of previous actions.