Satchari National Park
Satchari National Park is a national park in Habiganj District, Bangladesh. After the 1974 Wild Life Preservation Act, in 2005 Satchari National Park was built on of land. Literally 'Satchari' in Bengali means 'Seven Streams'. There are seven streams flowing in this jungle, and the name 'Satchari' came from there.
Details
The park is situated in Raghunandan hill, under Paikpara Union, Chunarughat Upazila, Habiganj District, under Sylhet region. It is from the capital city of Bangladesh, Dhaka. There are 9 tea gardens nearby. Satchari tea garden is on the west, and Chaklapunji tea garden is on the east. Approximately 24 families of the Tipra Tribe live in Tipra village as of 2007.Plants
There are approximately 200 and more trees are in Satchari National Park. Shaal, Segun, Agar, Garjan, Chapalish, palm, Mehgani, Krishnachur, Dumur, Jamrul, Shidha Jarul, Awal, Malekas, eucalyptus, Akashmoni, bamboo trees, and bet trees are the most common species of trees found there.Wildlife
Wildlife in this park is rich. Red junglefowl, red-headed trogon, oriental pied hornbill, and the range-restricted cachar bulbul are some of them. The critically endangered western hoolock gibbon, as well as Phayre's leaf monkey, capped langur, Bengal slow loris, northern pig-tailed macaque, and rhesus macaque resides here. Asian black bears and Asian wild dogs also reside here in small numbers.More common species include barking deer, wild boar, fishing cat, leopard cat, jungle cat, large Indian civet, masked palm civet, common palm civet, yellow-throated marten, crab-eating mongoose, golden jackal, Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine, Chinese pangolin and various other species.