What is Bardiya National Park?
[[File:Bardia forest.jpg|thumb|Forest in Bardiya National Park]] The '''Bardiya National Park''' ({{lang-ne|बर्दिया राष्ट्रिय निकुञ्ज}}{{Audio|Bardiya Rastriya Nikunja.ogg}}) is a [[national park]] in [[Nepal]]. In 1988, {{convert|968|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} [[area]] was changed into this national park. Most of the part of this national park is covered by [[forest]]. About 53 [[mammal]]s which includes [[Greater one-horned rhinoceros|rhinoceros]], [[Indian elephant|wild elephant]], [[Bengal tiger]], [[Barasingha|swamp deer]], and [[Gangetic dolphin]] live in this national park. It is also [[home]] to many [[species]] of [[birds]] and [[reptiles]].<ref name=nbrb07>Bhuju, U.R., Shakya, P.R., Basnet, T.B., Shrestha, S. (2007) [http://books.icimod.org/demo/uploads/ftp/Nepal%20Biodiversity%20Resource%20Book.pdf ''Nepal Biodiversity Resource Book. Protected Areas, Ramsar Sites, and World Heritage Sites''] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726170342/http://books.icimod.org/demo/uploads/ftp/Nepal%20Biodiversity%20Resource%20Book.pdf |date=July 26, 2011 }}. International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology, in cooperation with United Nations Environment Programme, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Kathmandu. {{ISBN|978-92-9115-033-5}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *{{Wikivoyage-inline|Bardiya National Park}} {{Protected areas of Nepal}} [[Category:National parks of Nepal]] {{asia-stub}}