Ramsar Sites of India
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Wetlands types
1. Swamp
2. Marsh
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Peatland: Wetlands where extracted leaves, brunches are not decomposed.
It stores estimated 30%-40% of the world's soil carbon.
2nd February -> World Wetlands Day
Uttar Pradesh:
i) Bakhira Wildlife Sanctuary
ii) Haiderpur Wetland
iii) Nawabganj Bird Sanctuary
iv) Parvati Arga Bird Sanctuary
v) Suman Bird Sanctuary
vi) Samaspur Bird Sanctuary
vii) Sandi Bird Sanctuary
viii) Upper Gang River
ix) Sarsai Nawar Jheel
x) Sur Sarovar
Kerala:
i) Vembanad Kol Wetland
[Longest Lake in India]
ii) Asthamudi Lake
iii) Sasthamkotta Lake
[Alapuzha - Venice of the East]
Madhya Pradesh:
i) Bhoj Wetlands
ii) Sirpur Wetland
iii) Sakhya Sagar
iv) Yashwant Sagar
Maharashtra:
Rajasthan
i) Keoladeo National Park
ii) Sambhar Lake
Listed Ramsar Sites of India in Montreux Record
- Keoladeo National Park - Rajasthan
- Loktak Lake - Manipur
Montreux Record: It is a register of wetland sites on the list of Ramsar Wetlands of International importance where changes in Ecological character have occurred due to Human Interference.
Gujarat:
Andhra Pradesh:
i) Kolleru Lake - Andhra Pradesh
Tamil Nadu:
i) Kanjirankulam Bird Sanctuary
ii) Vembannur Wetland Complex
iii) Point Calimere Wildlife and Bird Sanctuary
iv) Karikili Bird Sanctuary
v) Pallikaranai Marsh Reserve Forest
vi) Pichavaram Mangrove
vii) Udhayamarthandapuram Bird Sanctuary
viii) Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary
ix) Vellode Bird Sanctuary
x) Gulf of Manner Marine Biosphere
xi) Koothankulam Bird Sanctuary
xii) Chitragudi Bird Sanctuary
xiii) Suchindram Theroor Wetland Complex
xiv) Vaduvur Bird Sanctuary
Jammu & Kashmir :
i) Wular Lake
ii) Hokera Wetland
iii) Surinsar Mansar Lakes
iv) Hygam Wetland Conservation Reserves
v) Shallbugh Wetland Conservation
Ladakh:
i) Tsomoriri Lake
(It is situated at Changthang Plateau)
ii) Tsoker Wetland Complex
Odisha :
i) Chilika Lake Lake
[Largest Salt Water Lake in India]
ii) Bhitarkanika Lake
iii) Tempara Lake
iv) Hirakud Reservoir
v) Ansupa Lake
vi) Satkosia Gorge
West Bengal:
i) East Kolkata Wetland
ii) Sunderban Wetland
Punjab:
i) Kanjli Wetland
ii) Harike Wetland
iii) Nangal Wildlife Sanctuary
iv) Beas Conservation Reserve
[Indus Dolphins Found here]
v) Ropar Lake
vi) Keshopur - Miani Community Reserve
North East:
i) Deepor Bill - Assam
ii) Loktak Lake - Manipur
iii) Rudrasagar Lake - Tripura
iv) Pala Wetland - Mizoram
Himachal Pradesh:
i) Pong Dam Lake [Also Known as Maharana Pratap Sagar]
ii) Chandra Taal Lake
iii) Renuka Lake [Renuka was the Mother of Lord Parshuram]
Haryana & Bihar:
i) Bhindawas Wildlife Sanctuary - Haryana
ii) Sultanpur National Park - Haryana
iii) Kabartal Wetland - Bihar
Uttarakhand, Goa and Karnataka:
i) Asan Conservation Reserve - Uttarakhand
ii) Nanda Lake - Goa
iii) Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary - Karnataka
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