ramsar wetlands of india part 2 india mapping series
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Ramsar Wetlands of
India
Part 2
India Mapping Series
Lecture 39
Santosh Choudhary CSE 2018
Insta: little_simple_buddha
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