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The Ramsar Site Information Sheet notes that "at a time when wetlands in northern India are getting reduced due to extensive drainage and reclamation, the avian habitats formed by the creation of the Pong Dam assume a great significance" - given the site's location on the trans-Himalayan flyway, more than 220 bird species have been identified ...
Harike Wetland is a Ramsar site in India Map of Ramsar sites Archipel Bolama-Bijagos Ramsar site in Guinea-Bissau Walkway in Zuvintas Biosphere Reserve. A Ramsar site is a wetland site designated to be of international importance under the Ramsar Convention, [1] also known as "The Convention on Wetlands", an international environmental treaty signed on 2 February 1971 in Ramsar, Iran, under ...
These are refuges in India, listed in the list of wetlands of international importance under the Ramsar Convention signed in 1971. Subcategories This category has only the following subcategory.
India's second largest mangrove are home of olive ridley turtle in India's Odisha state in the Brahmani river and Baitarani river delta: 65,000 160,000 Bhoj Wetland Consists of the two lakes, Bhojtal and Lower Lake, located in Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh state, 3,201 7,910 Chandra Taal Situated in the Spiti valley of the Lahul and Spiti district ...
Following the conservation efforts of wildlife activists and involvement of local community, Haiderpur is designated as the 47th Ramsar site, a wetland of international importance in April 2021. [12] The World Wide Fund for Nature and the government have initiated several schemes for the conservation and management of Haiderpur wetland.
The Kanwar Taal or Kabar Taal Lake or Kabartal Wetland [2] located in Begusarai district of Bihar, India, is Asia's largest freshwater oxbow lake. [3] It is approximately six times [4] the size of the Bharatpur Sanctuary. In November 2020, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) declared it the first Ramsar site in Bihar ...
Most of the rivers in India originate from the four major watersheds in India. The Himalayan watershed is the source of majority of the major river systems in India including the three longest rivers–the Ganges, the Brahmaputra and the Indus. [3] [4] These three river systems are fed by more than 5000 glaciers. [5]
Bhindawas Wildlife Sanctuary Ramsar site is located in Jhajjar district, which is about 15 km from Jhajjar in Haryana. On 3 June 2009, it is also declared as bird sanctuary by the Indian Government. [2] Indian Robin Saxicoloides fulicatus at Bhindawas