The Indian government has established 18 biosphere reserves in India.
Name: Great Rann of Kutch
Location: Part of Kutch, Morbi, Surendranagar and Patan Districts. It is the largest Biosphere Reserve in India.
State: Gujarat
Type: Desert
Area (km²): 12454
Key fauna: Indian wild ass
Name: Gulf of Mannar
Location: Indian part of Gulf of Mannar extending from Rameswaram island in the North to Kanyakumari in the South of Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka
State:Tamil Nadu
Type: Coasts
Area (km²): 10500
Key fauna: Dugong
Name: Sundarbans
Location: Part of delta of Ganges and Brahmaputra river system
State: West Bengal
Type: Gangetic Delta
Area (km²): 9630
Key fauna: Royal Bengal tiger
Name: Cold Desert
Location: Pin Valley National Park and surroundings;Chandratal and Sarchu & Kibber Wildlife Sanctuary
State: Himachal Pradesh
Type: Western Himalayas
Area (km²): 7770
Key fauna:Snow leopard
Name: Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve
Location: Parts of Chamoli District, Pithoragarh District & Bageshwar District
State: Uttarakhand
Type: Western Himalayas
Area (km²): 5860
Key fauna: Snow Leopard, Himalayan Black Bear
Name: Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve
Location: Part of Waynad, Nagarhole, Bandipur and Mudumalai, Nilambur, Silent Valley
State: Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka
Type: Western Ghats
Area (km²): 5520
Key fauna: Nilgiri tahr, Tiger, lion-tailed macaque
Name: Dihang-Dibang
Location: Part of Siang and Dibang Valley
State: Arunachal Pradesh
Type: Eastern Himalaya
Area (km²): 5112
Key fauna:Mishmi Takin, Musk Deer
Name: Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve
Location: Parts of Betul District, Hoshangabad District and Chhindwara District
State: Madhya Pradesh
Type: Semi-Arid
Area (km²): 4981.72
Key fauna:Giant squirrel, flying squirrel
Name: Seshachalam Hills
Location: Seshachalam Hill Ranges covering parts of Chittoor and Kadapa districts
State: Andhra Pradesh
Type: Eastern Ghats
Area (km²): 4755
Key fauna:Slender Loris
Name: Simlipal
Location: Part of Mayurbhanj district
State: Odisha
Type: Deccan Peninsula
Area (km²): 4374
Key fauna:Gaur, royal Bengal tiger, Asian elephant
Name: Achanakmar-Amarkantak Biosphere Reserve
Location: Part of Annupur, Dindori and Bilaspur districts
State: Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh
Type: Maikala Hills
Area (km²): 3835
Key fauna: Four-horned antelope, Indian wild dog, Sarus crane, White-rumped vulture, Philautus (Sacred grove bush frog)
Name: Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve
Location: Neyyar, Peppara and Shenduruny Wildlife Sanctuary and their adjoining areas
State: Kerala, Tamil Nadu
Type: Western Ghats
Area (km²): Nilgiri tahr, elephants
Key fauna: 3500.08
Name: Panna
Location: Part of Panna District and Chhatarpur District
State: Madhya Pradesh
Type: Catchment Area of the Ken River
Area (km²): 2998.98
Key fauna:Tiger, chital, chinkara, sambhar and sloth bear
Name: Manas
Location: Part of Kokrajhar, Bongaigaon, Barpeta, Nalbari, Kamrup and Darrang Districts
State: Assam
Type: Eastern Hills
Area (km²): 2837
Key fauna: Asiatic Elephant, Tiger, Assam roofed turtle, hispid hare, Golden Langur, pygmy hog
Name: Khangchendzonga
Location: Parts of Kangchenjunga
State: Sikkim
Type: East Himalayas
Area (km²): Snow leopard, red panda
Key fauna:2620
Name: Great Nicobar
Location: Southern most islands of Andaman and Nicobar Islands
State: Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Type: Islands
Area (km²): 885
Key fauna: Saltwater crocodile
Name: Nokrek
Location: In west Garo Hills
State: Meghalaya
Type: Eastern hills
Area (km²):
Key fauna:Red panda
Name: Dibru-Saikhowa
Location: Part of Dibrugarh and Tinsukia districts
State: Assam
Type: Eastern Hills
Area (km²): 765
Key fauna: white-winged wood duck, water buffalo, black-breasted parrotbill, tiger, capped langur
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