Nagarjunasagar Srisailam Tiger Reserve is the only tiger reserve in Andhra Pradesh.
Nagarjunasagar Srisailam Tiger Reserve
- Nagarjunasagar Srisailam Tiger Reserve is the largest tiger reserves in India.
- Location: Spread over multiple districts in Andhra Pradesh (Kurnool district, Prakasam district, Guntur district) and Telangana (Nalgonda district and Mahbubnagar district).
- Naming: Named after the Nagarjuna Sagar Dam and the Srisailam Dam, both on the Krishna River.
- Wildlife Sanctuary: Notified as a wildlife sanctuary in 1978.
- Tiger Reserve: Declared a tiger reserve under the Project Tiger program in 1983.
- Rename: Reserve was renamed as the Rajiv Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary in 1992.
- Area: Covers an area of about 5,937 square kilometers (Core: 3721 Sq. Km., Buffer: 2216 Sq. Km.).
- Hills: Situated in the Nallamalai hill ranges of the Eastern Ghats.
- River: The Krishna River passes through the reserve.
- Reservoirs: Srisailam Reservoir andNagarjunasagar Reservoir.
- Waterfall: Ethipothala Falls, Pedda Dukudu, Gundam, Chaleswaram waterfalls within the reserve.
- Tribe: Inhabited by the Chenchu tribe.
- Plants: Southern Tropical Dry Mixed Deciduous Forest, Deccan Thorn Scrub Forest etc.
- Animals: Tiger, Wolf, Wild Dog, Sambar, Chinkara,Mugger Crocodile, Indian Star Tortoise etc.