2. WHAT IS RAMSAR SITE?
THE RAMSAR CONVENTION ON WETLANDS OF INTERNATIONALIMPORTANCE ESPECIALLY AS
WATERFOWL HABITAT IS AN INTERNATIONAL TREATY FOR THE CONSERVATION AND
SUSTAINABLE USE OF WETLANDS.[1] IT IS ALSO KNOWN AS THE CONVENTION ON WETLANDS.
IT IS NAMED AFTER THE CITY OF RAMSAR IN IRAN, WHERE THE CONVENTION WAS SIGNED IN
1971.
3. JAMMU AND KASHMIR
4 SITES- HWST
1- WULAR LAKE
2- HOKESAR LAKE
3- SURINSAR-MANSAR LAKE
4-TSO MORIRI
4. 1. Wular lake
2. Hokersar lake 3. Surinsar mansar lake
4. Tso moriri
5. WULAR LAKE
• WULAR LAKE IS ONE OF THE LARGEST FRESH WATER LAKES IN ASIA.
• IT IS SITED IN BANDIPORA DISTRICT IN THE INDIAN STATE OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR.
6. HOKERSAR LAKE
• SITUATED ABOUT 10 KMS NORTH OF SRINAGAR, THE HOKERSAR WETLAND COMPRISES A LAKE
AND MARSHY AREA, SPREAD OVER AN AREA OF MORE THAN 7.6 SQUARE KMS.
• HOKERSAR LAKE IN KASHMIR, WHICH ATTRACTS BIRDS FROM VARIOUS PARTS OF THE WORLD
INCLUDING AS FAR AS SIBERIA, IS FACING A THREAT FROM MASSIVE ENCROACHMENTS AND
THE STATE GOVERNMENT IS NOW DRAWING UP PLANS TO PRESERVE THE WETLAND.
7. SURINSAR-MANSAR LAKE
• MANSAR LAKE (SITUATED 62 KM (39 MI) FROM JAMMU, MANSAR IS A LAKE FRINGED BY
FOREST-COVERED HILLS, OVER A MILE IN LENGTH BY HALF-A-MILE IN WIDTH.
8. TSO MORIRI
• TSO MORIRI OR LAKE MORIRI OR "MOUNTAIN LAKE", IS A LAKE IN THE LADAKHI PART OF THE
CHANGTHANG PLATEAU IN JAMMU AND KASHMIR IN NORTHERN INDIA. THE LAKE AND
SURROUNDING AREA ARE PROTECTED AS THE TSO MORIRI WETLAND CONSERVATION RESERVE
• BREKISH WATER LAKE {BRACKISH WATER OR BRINY WATER IS WATER THAT HAS MORE SALINITY
THAN FRESH WATER, BUT NOT AS MUCH AS SEAWATER}
11. CHNADRA TAL
• CHANDRA TAAL, OR CHANDRA TAL IS SITUATED IN THE SPITI PART OF THE LAHUL AND SPITI
DISTRICT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH.
• THE NAME OF THE LAKE ORIGINATES FROM ITS CRESCENT SHAPE.
• IT IS SITUATED AT AN ALTITUDE OF ABOUT 4,300 METRES IN THE HIMALAYAS
12. RENUKA LAKE
• RENUKA LAKE IS IN THE SIRMAUR DISTRICT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH IN INDIA AND IT IS 672 M
ABOVE THE SEA LEVEL.
• IT IS THE LARGEST LAKE IN HIMACHAL PRADESH, WITH A CIRCUMFERENCE OF ABOUT 3214 M.
• THIS LAKE WAS NAMED AFTER THE GODDESS RENUKA.
• IT IS WELL CONNECTED BY THE ROAD. BOATING IS AVAILABLE ON THE LAKE. A LION SAFARI
AND A ZOO ARE THERE AT RENUKA.
• IT IS THE SITE OF AN ANNUAL FAIR HELD IN NOVEMBER.
13. PONG DAM LAKE
• MAHARANA PRATAP SAGAR IN INDIA, ALSO KNOWN AS PONG RESERVOIR OR PONG DAM
LAKE WAS CREATED IN 1975, BY BUILDING THE HIGHEST EARTHFILL DAM IN INDIA ON THE
BEAS RIVER IN THE WETLAND ZONE OF THE SIWALIK HILLS OF THE KANGRA DISTRICT OF THE
STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH.
• NAMED IN THE HONOUR OF MAHARANA PRATAP (1572–1597)
• THE RESERVOIR OR THE LAKE IS A WELL-KNOWN WILDLIFE SANCTUARY AND ONE OF THE 26
INTERNATIONAL WETLAND SITES DECLARED IN INDIA BY THE RAMSAR CONVENTION.
14. PUNJAB
• 3 SITE-
1-KANJLI LAKE-TRIBUTARY OF THE BEAS RIVER
2-HARIKE- THE HEADWORKS IS LOCATED DOWNSTREAM OF THE CONFLUENCE OF THE BEAS
AND SUTLEJ RIVERS.
3-ROPAR-MAN-MADE FRESHWATER RIVERINE
16. KERALA
3 SITES IN KERALA
1-VEMBANAD LAKE IS THE LONGEST LAKE IN INDIA, AND THE LARGEST LAKE IN THE STATE OF
KERALA. IT IS ALSO COUNTED AS ONE OF THE LARGEST LAKES IN INDIA.
2-SASTHAMCOTTA LAKE OR SASTHAMKOTTA LAKE, ALSO CATEGORIZED AS A WETLAND, IS THE
LARGEST FRESH WATER LAKE IN KERALA. NAMED AFTER THE ANCIENT SASTHA TEMPLE LOCATED
ON ITS BANK.
3-ASHTAMUDI LAKE, IN THE KOLLAM DISTRICT OF THE INDIAN STATE OF KERALA, IS THE MOST
VISITED BACKWATER AND LAKE IN THE STATE.
18. RAJASTHAN
2 SITES IN RAJASTHAN
1-THE SAMBHAR SALT LAKE, INDIA'S LARGEST INLAND SALT LAKE.
2- KEOLADEO NATIONALPARK OR KEOLADEO GHANA NATIONAL PARK FORMERLY KNOWN
AS THE BHARATPUR BIRD SANCTUARY IN BHARATPUR, RAJASTHAN, INDIA IS A FAMOUS
AVIFAUNA SANCTUARY THAT HOSTS THOUSANDS OF BIRDS, ESPECIALLY DURING THE WINTER
SEASON.
20. ORISSA
2 SITES-
1- THE BHITARKANIKA MANGROVES ARE A MANGROVE WETLAND IN INDIA’S ODISHA STATE.
THE BHITARKANIKA MANGROVES COVER AN AREA OF 650 KM2 IN THE RIVER DELTA OF THE
BRAHMANI AND BAITARANI RIVERS.
2- CHILIKA LAKE IS A BRACKISH WATER LAGOON, SPREAD OVER THE PURI, KHURDA AND
GANJAM DISTRICTS OF ODISHA STATE ON THE EAST COAST OF INDIA, AT THE MOUTH OF THE
DAYA RIVER, FLOWING INTO THE BAY OF BENGAL, COVERING AN AREA OF OVER 1,100 KM2. IT
IS THE LARGEST COASTAL LAGOON IN INDIA AND THE SECOND LARGEST LAGOON IN THE
WORLD AFTER THE NEW CALEDONIAN BARRIER REEF IN NEW CALEDONIA.
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22. RAMSAR SITES IN OTHER STATES
• ASSAM- DEEPOR BEEL
• ANDHRA PRADESH- KOLLERU LAKE
• GUJRAT- NALSAROVAR BIRD SANCTUARY
• MANIPUR- LOKTAK LAKE
• MADHYA PRADESH- BHOJ WETLAND
• UTTAR PRADESH-UPPER GANGA RIVER (BRIJGHAT TO NARORA STRETCH)
• TRIPURA- RUDRASAGAR LAKE
• TAMIL NADU- POINT CALIMERE WILDLIFE AND BIRD SANCTUARY
• W- WEST BENGAL - EAST CALCUTTA WETLANDS
![WHAT IS RAMSAR SITE?
THE RAMSAR CONVENTION ON WETLANDS OF INTERNATIONALIMPORTANCE ESPECIALLY AS
WATERFOWL HABITAT IS AN INTERNATIONAL TREATY FOR THE CONSERVATION AND
SUSTAINABLE USE OF WETLANDS.[1] IT IS ALSO KNOWN AS THE CONVENTION ON WETLANDS.
IT IS NAMED AFTER THE CITY OF RAMSAR IN IRAN, WHERE THE CONVENTION WAS SIGNED IN
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