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The Indus river dolphin (Platanista minor) is a species of freshwater dolphin in the family Platanistidae. It is endemic to the Indus River basin in Pakistan and Beas River in northwestern India. [1] This dolphin was the first discovered side-swimming cetacean. It is patchily distributed in five small, sub-populations that are separated by ...
It is a very important breeding and wintering area for wide variety of waterfowl regularly 20000 birds it is the largest preservation area for endangered indus dolphins. [1] The sanctuary has great potential for the development of eco-tourism in this part of Pakistan. Blind dolphins, an endemic species of the Indus River, can be observed here.
Indus dolphins have more teeth than Ganges dolphins, averaging 33.2 teeth in the upper jaw and the 32.9 in the lower jaw, as compared to 28.4 in the upper jaw and 29.4 in the lower. [3] Living in murky waters, South Asian river dolphins are nearly blind, their tiny eyes having flattened corneas and no lens.
Indus Dolphin Reserve is a Ramsar site [2] located between Guddu Barrage and Sukkur Barrage on River Indus in Pakistan. [3] Stretched on an area of 125,000 hectares, it was designated as a wetland protected site on 10 May 2001. [2] In 1974 it was declared a protected site locally on the recommendation of World Wide Fund for Nature.
The Ganges river dolphin (Platanista gangetica) is a species of freshwater dolphin classified in the family Platanistidae. It lives in the Ganges and related rivers of South Asia, namely in the countries of India, Nepal, and Bangladesh. [3] It is related to the much smaller Indus river dolphin which lives in the Indus River in Pakistan and the ...
Mehrgarh is a Neolithic archaeological site (dated c. 7000 BCE – c. 2500/2000 BCE) situated on the Kacchi Plain of Balochistan in modern-day Pakistan. [1] It is located near the Bolan Pass, to the west of the Indus River and between the modern-day Pakistani cities of Quetta, Kalat and Sibi.
Hingol National Park or Hungol National Park (Urdu: ہنگول نیشنل پارک) is one of the largest national parks in Pakistan, located in the Makran coastal region. . The park covers an area of about 6,100 square kilometres (2,400 sq mi) and is located 190 km from Karachi in the three districts of Gwadar, Lasbela and Awaran in Balochis
Chashma and Taunsa Barrage Dolphin Sanctuary protects the threatened Indus river dolphins which live in freshwater. The east half of the coast of Pakistan is located in the south of Sindh province, which features the Indus River Delta and the coast of the Great Rann of Kutch. The largest saltwater wetland in