Udaipur Wildlife Sanctuary

Udaypur Wildlife Sanctuary (also spelt Udaipur) is a wildlife sanctuary located in West Champaran district of Bihar state, India. It was established in 1978 and covers an area of 8.74 km².

 

The wildlife sanctuary is predominantly wetland, located on an oxbow lake in the floodplain of the Gandaki River. It is home to a variety of water birds, both resident and migratory. The sanctuary has areas of swamp forest, dry riverine forest, and khair-sissoo forest (Acacia catechu-Dalbergia sissoo).[1] It is in the Lower Gangetic Plains moist deciduous forests ecoregion.