Nagaland Geography for UPSC: Interactive Map, Rivers and Protected Areas
a state of steep forested hill ranges along the Indo-Myanmar border
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Protected areas mapped
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Rivers mapped
At a glance
Capital
Kohima
Language
English
Dance
Chang Lo
Area
16,579 km²
Coastline
Landlocked
Highest peak
Saramati · 3,841 m
Borders
Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Myanmar (international)
Why UPSC asks about Nagaland
Nagaland is the Naga hills: Saramati on the Myanmar border, the Doyang river, and the Doyang reservoir's Amur falcon congregation. UPSC tests the Indo-Myanmar biodiversity hotspot, shifting cultivation, and community-conservation examples (Amur falcon protection).
Did you know
Nagaland has no biosphere reserve. India's 18 biosphere reserves are spread across only 16 states, and Nagaland is not among them. The nearest is Dihang-Dibang (Arunachal Pradesh).
Dhansiri
Rises Laisang peak, Peren district; flows to joins the Brahmaputra (Assam) · 97 km
The Dhansiri drains Nagaland's western hills and the Karbi foothills.
Doyang
Rises Japfu range near Kohima; flows to joins the Dhansiri · 110 km
The Doyang reservoir hosts the Amur falcon congregation, a community-conservation icon.
Dams
- Doyang Dam
Intanki NP
A park in Peren district, now part of the Intanki (Ntangki) Tiger Reserve, protecting tropical evergreen forest with the hoolock gibbon.
Part of Ntangki Tiger Reserve; hoolock gibbon forest.
Puliebadze WLS
A sanctuary near Kohima around the Japfu and Puliebadze peaks, a popular trekking and birding area with the Blyth's tragopan.
Near Kohima; Blyth's tragopan and trekking trails.
Fakim WLS
A sanctuary in Kiphire district near the Myanmar border, protecting high-altitude forests and the rare Mrs Hume's pheasant.
Kiphire's Myanmar-border forest; Mrs Hume's pheasant.
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