Suklaphanta National Park

Shuklaphanta National Park is a national park in the Terai of the Far-Western Region, Nepal, covering 305 km² of open grasslands, forests, riverbeds and tropical wetlands at an elevation of 174 to 1,386 m . It is bounded by the Mahakali river in the west and south. A small part extends north of the Mahendra Highway to create a wildlife corridor for seasonal migration of wildlife into the Sivalik ills. It was gazetted in 1976 as Royal Shuklaphanta Wildlife Reserve and was enlarged to its presence size in the late 1980s. A buffer zone of 243.5 km²  was added in 2004. It receives a mean annual rainfall of 1,579 mm  and harbours 700 floral, 456 bird, 56 reptile and 15 amphibian species.