The Shuklaphanta National Park is a protected area in the Terai of the Far-Western Region, Nepal , covering 305 km 2 (118 sq mi) of open grassland, forests, riverbeds and tropical wetlands at an altitude of 174 to 1,386 m (571 to 4,547 ft). [1] It was gazetted in 1976 as Royal Shuklaphanta Wildlife Reserve . A small part of the reserve extends north of the East-West Highway to create a corridor for seasonal migration of wildlife into the Sivalik Hills . The Syali River forms the eastern boundary southward to the international border with India , which demarcates the reserve’s southern and western boundary. [2] The Indian Tiger Reserve Kishanpur Wildlife Sanctuary is contiguous in the south; this coherent protected area of 439 km 2 (169 sq mi) represents the Tiger Conservation Unit (TCU) Sukla Phanta-Kishanpur , which covers a 1.897 km 2 (0.732 sq mi) block of alluvial grasslands and subtropical moist deciduous forests. [3] The protected area is part of the Te