ramsar wetlands of india part 2 india mapping series

Ramsar Wetlands of

India

Part 2

India Mapping Series

Lecture 39

Santosh Choudhary CSE 2018

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Ramsar Wetlands of India

WETLANDS IN INDIA

What we need to remember-

• Total (37), largest, smallest

•New addition(10)

• Freshwater or salty?

•Natural and artificial ?

• State/s located in ?

• Inland or on shore ?

•Distance /crossing tropic of cancer

RAMSAR WETLANDS IN INDIA (NATURAL)

1.Ashtamudi wetland, kerala- natural backwater 2.Beas conservation reserve , punjab (LATEST ADDITION)- host

only known population of Indus River dolphin , natural fresh water lake

3.Bhitarkanika Mangroves, odisha- mangroves 4.Chandra taal, in Rahul and spiti district of Himachal Pradesh-

high altitude natural fresh water lake 5.Chilika Lake, Odisha -brackish back water lagoon, largest

coastal lagoon at the mouth of Daya river

RAMSAR WETLANDS IN INDIA (NATURAL)

6. Deeper beel, Assam- fresh water lake 7. Hokera wetland, J&K- natural perennial wetland contiguous to the

Jhelum basin 8. Keshopur-Miani Community Reserve, Punjab (LATEST

ADDITION)- mosaic of natural marshes, aquaculture ponds and agricultural wetlands maintained by the annual rainfall runoff- natural wetland

9. Kolluru lake, Andhra Pradesh- natural eutrophic lake, situated between basins of the Godavari and the Krishna

10. Loktak Lake, Manipur- largest natural freshwater lake, famous for Phumdis; Keibul Lamja, only floating national park; natural habitat of endangered Sangai or Manipur brow antlered deer

RAMSAR WETLANDS IN INDIA (NATURAL)

11.Nalsarovar Bird Sanctuary, Gujarat- natural freshwater lake; lifeline of endangered Indian Wild Ass

12.Nawabganj Bird Sanctuary, UP(LATEST ADDITION)-shallow marshland feed from Monsoon and Sarda Canal supplies

13.Parvati Arga Bird Sanctuary, UP(LATEST ADDITION)- permanent fresh water

14.Point Calimere Wildlife and Bird Sanctuary, Tamil Nadu- natural wetland

15.Renuka Lake, Himachal Pradesh- natural freshwater wetland

RAMSAR WETLANDS IN INDIA (NATURAL)

16. Rudrasagar Lake, Tripura- natural sedimentation reservoirs 17. Saman Bird Sanctuary, UP(LATEST ADDITION)- seasonal natural

oxbow lake 18. Samaspur Bird Sanctuary, UP-(LATEST ADDITION) natural wetland 19. Sambhar Lake, Rajasthan- largest natural inland salt lake 20. Sandi Wetland, UP(LATEST ADDITION)- freshwater natural marsh

21.Sarsai Nawar Jheel, UP(LATEST ADDITION)- natural permanent freshwater wetland

22.Sasthamkotta Lake, Kerala- natural fresh water lake 23.Sundarbans wetland, West Bengal- natural mangrove

wetland

RAMSAR WETLANDS IN INDIA (NATURAL)

24.Surinsar Mansar Lake, J&K- natural freshwater lake 25. Tsomoriri, J&K- natural fresh to brackish water lake, has no aquatic

vegetation 26. Upper Ganga River (Brijghat to Narora Stretch), UP- natural

freshwater wetland 27. Vembanand-Kol wetland, Kerala- longest lake of india,second

largest wetland after Sundarban, backwater lake, below sea level, AKA Punnamada Lake and Kochi Lake

28. Wular Lake, J&K- largest natural freshwater lake ,formed due to tectonic activities, fed by Jhelum river

RAMSAR WETLANDS IN INDIA (MAN MADE)

29.Bhoj wetland, MP- manmade reservoir 30.East kilkatawelands, West Bengal- complex of natural

and human-made wetland, salt marshes and salt meadows

31.Harike wetland, Punjab - man made wetland at the confluence of Beas and Satlej

32. kanjli wetland , punjab- man made wetland 33.Keoladeo national park, Rajasthan-A complex of ten

artificial, seasonal lagoons- man made wetland

RAMSAR WETLANDS IN INDIA (MAN MADE)

34.Nandur Madhmeshwar, Maharastra(LATEST ADDITION) - man made wetland at the confluence of Godavari and Kadwa

35.Nangal Wildlife Sanctuary, Punjab (LATEST ADDITION)- artificial lake on river Satluj.

36.Pond Dam Lake, Himachal Pradesh- man made reservoir on Beas river

37.Ropar wetland, punjab- man made wetland fron Sutlej Water

Ramsar Wetlands of India