Geography
Coringa Wildlife sanctuary is located 18km from the port city Kakinada, on the Kakinada-Yanam state highway, nestling on the deltaic branches of Gouthami and Godavari Rivers at Kakinada Bay.
It is located between 16°-30' to 17°-00' N latitudes and 82°-14' to 82°-23'E longitudes.
The sanctuary is a part of the Godavari estuary and has extensive Mangrove and Dry Deciduous Tropical Forest.
About half of the area is the backwaters, which include a sand pit of 18km stretch. The rivers Coringa and Gaderu and their deltic branches intersect the region, along with other water channels. This forms about 335.7 square km of marsh vegetation..
The average temperature of the region is 17°C to 40°C.
Average Rainfall is greater than 1,000 mm.
Read more about this topic: Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary
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