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List of Ramsar sites in India

Index List of Ramsar sites in India

The list of Ramsar sites (related to wetland) in India comprises Indian wetlands deemed to be of "international importance" under the Ramsar Convention. [1]

77 relations: Alappuzha, Andhra Pradesh, Ashtamudi Lake, Assam, Azadirachta indica, Bar-headed goose, Bhitarkanika Mangroves, Bhitarkanika National Park, Bhoj Wetland, Black-necked stork, Chandra Taal, Chilika Lake, Dalbergia sissoo, Dendrocalamus strictus, Dipor Bil, East Kolkata Wetlands, Ecosystem, Ernakulam, Eucalyptus globulus, Ficus benghalensis, Gahirmatha Beach, Garhmukteshwar, Gharial, Gujarat, Harike Wetland, Himachal Pradesh, Hokera Wetland, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Inundation, Invasive species, Jammu and Kashmir, Kanjli Wetland, Keibul Lamjao National Park, Keoladeo National Park, Kerala, Kollam, Kolleru Lake, Kottayam, Land development, List of Ramsar wetlands of international importance, Loktak Lake, Madhya Pradesh, Maharana Pratap Sagar, Manipur, Montreux Record, Nal Sarovar Bird Sanctuary, Odisha, Olive ridley sea turtle, Point Calimere, Punjab, India, ..., Rajasthan, Ramsar Convention, Renuka Lake, Resource recovery, Road, Ropar Wetland, Rudrasagar Lake, Sambhar Salt Lake, Sangai, Saraca indica, Sarus crane, Sasthamcotta Lake, Soil salinity, South Asian river dolphin, Spoonbill, Tamil Nadu, Teak, Tripura, Tso Moriri, Uttar Pradesh, Vembanad, Water pollution, West Bengal, Wetland, White stork, Wular Lake, WWF-India. Expand index (27 more) »

Alappuzha

Alappuzha, also known as Alleppey, is the administrative headquarters of Alappuzha District of Kerala state of southern India.

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Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh is one of the 29 states of India.

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Ashtamudi Lake

Ashtamudi Lake (Ashtamudi Kayal), in the Kollam District of the Indian state of Kerala, is the most visited backwater and lake in the state.

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Assam

Assam is a state in Northeast India, situated south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys.

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Azadirachta indica

Azadirachta indica, commonly known as neem, nimtree or Indian lilac, is a tree in the mahogany family Meliaceae.

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Bar-headed goose

The bar-headed goose (Anser indicus) is a goose that breeds in Central Asia in colonies of thousands near mountain lakes and winters in South Asia, as far south as peninsular India.

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Bhitarkanika Mangroves

The Bhitarkanika Mangroves are a mangrove wetland in Odisha.The Bhitarkanika Mangroves cover an area of 650 km2 in the river delta of the Brahmani and Baitarani rivers.

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Bhitarkanika National Park

Bhitarkanika National Park is a national park located in Kendrapara district of Odisha in eastern India.

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Bhoj Wetland

The Bhoj Wetland consists of two lakes located in the city of Bhopal, the capital of the central '''Indian''' state of Madhya Pradesh.

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Black-necked stork

The black-necked stork (Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus) is a tall long-necked wading bird in the stork family.

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Chandra Taal

Chandra Taal (meaning the Lake of the Moon), or Chandra Tal is a lake situated in the Spiti part of the Lahul and Spiti district of Himachal Pradesh (India).

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Chilika Lake

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.

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Dalbergia sissoo

Dalbergia sissoo, known commonly as North Indian rosewood, is a fast-growing, hardy deciduous rosewood tree native to the Indian Subcontinent and Southern Iran.

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Dendrocalamus strictus

Dendrocalamus strictus is a bamboo species belonging to the Dendrocalamus genus.

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Dipor Bil

Dipor Bil, also spelt Deepor Beel (Pron: dɪpɔ:(r) bɪl) (দীপৰ বিল) (bil or beel means "lake" in the local Assamese language), is located to the south-west of Guwahati city, in Kamrup district of Assam, India It is a permanent freshwater lake, in a former channel of the Brahmaputra River, to the south of the main river.

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East Kolkata Wetlands

The East Calcutta Wetlands, also known as the East Kolkata Wetlands (22 0 27’ N 88 0 27’ E), are a complex of natural and human-made wetlands lying east of the city of Calcutta (Kolkata), of West Bengal in India.

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Ecosystem

An ecosystem is a community made up of living organisms and nonliving components such as air, water, and mineral soil.

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Ernakulam

Ernakulam refers to the eastern, mainland portion of the city of Kochi in central Kerala, India.

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Eucalyptus globulus

Eucalyptus globulus, the Tasmanian bluegum, southern blue-gum or blue gum, is an evergreen tree, one of the most widely cultivated trees native to Australia.

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Ficus benghalensis

Ficus benghalensis, commonly known as the banyan, banyan fig and Indian banyan, is a tree native to the Indian Subcontinent.

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Gahirmatha Beach

Gahirmatha Beach is a beach in the Indian state of Odisha.

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Garhmukteshwar

Garhmukteshwar (also spelled Garhmukhteshwar) is a town and a municipal board in Hapur district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India.

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Gharial

The gharial (Gavialis gangeticus), also known as the gavial or fish-eating crocodile, is a crocodilian in the family Gavialidae, and is native to the northern part of the Indian Subcontinent.

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Gujarat

Gujarat is a state in Western India and Northwest India with an area of, a coastline of – most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula – and a population in excess of 60 million.

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Harike Wetland

Harike Wetland also known as "Hari-ke-Pattan", with the Harike Lake in the deeper part of it, is the largest wetland in northern India in the border of Tarn Taran Sahib district and Ferozepur district of the Punjab state in India.

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Himachal Pradesh

Himachal Pradesh (literally "snow-laden province") is a Indian state located in North India.

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Hokera Wetland

Hokera wetland (Area: 1,375 ha; Location: 34°05'N 074°42'E) is designated as Ramsar convention on November 2005.

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International Union for Conservation of Nature

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN; officially International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natural resources.

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Inundation

Inundation (from the Latin inundatio, flood) is both the act of intentionally flooding land that would otherwise remain dry, for military, agricultural, or river-management purposes, and the result of such an act.

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Invasive species

An invasive species is a species that is not native to a specific location (an introduced species), and that has a tendency to spread to a degree believed to cause damage to the environment, human economy or human health.

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Jammu and Kashmir

Jammu and Kashmir (ænd) is a state in northern India, often denoted by its acronym, J&K.

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Kanjli Wetland

Kanjli Wetland, a man made Wetland, which subsumes the Kanjli Lake, located in the Kapurthala district of Punjab state in India, was created in 1870 by constructing the headworks across the perennial Bien River, a tributary of the Beas River to provide irrigation facilities to the hinterland.

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Keibul Lamjao National Park

The Keibul Lamjao National Park (Kei- Tiger, Bul - vast, Lamjao-Land) is a national park in the Bishnupur district of the state of Manipur in India.

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Keoladeo National Park

Keoladeo National Park 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.

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Kerala

Kerala is a state in South India on the Malabar Coast.

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Kollam

Kollam or Quilon (Coulão), formerly Desinganadu, is an old seaport and city on the Laccadive Sea coast of the Indian state of Kerala.

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Kolleru Lake

Kolleru Lake is one of the largest freshwater lakes in India located in state of Andhra Pradesh and forms the largest shallow freshwater lake in Asia, 15 kilometers away from the city of Eluru.

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Kottayam

Kottayam is a municipal town in the Indian state of Kerala.

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Land development

Land development is altering the landscape in any number of ways such as.

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List of Ramsar wetlands of international importance

This is the List of Wetlands of International Importance as defined by the Ramsar Convention for the conservation and sustainable use of wetlands, recognizing the fundamental ecological functions of wetlands and their economic, cultural, scientific, and recreational value.

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Loktak Lake

Loktak Lake is the largest freshwater lake in Northeast India and is famous for the phumdis (heterogeneous mass of vegetation, soil and organic matter at various stages of decomposition) floating over it.

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Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh (MP;; meaning Central Province) is a state in central India.

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Maharana Pratap Sagar

Maharana Pratap Sagar (Devanagari: महाराणा प्रताप सागर), 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.

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Manipur

Manipur is a state in Northeast India, with the city of Imphal as its capital.

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Montreux Record

The Montreux Record is a register of wetland sites on the List of Wetlands of International Importance where changes in ecological character have occurred, are occurring, or are likely to occur as a result of technological developments, pollution or other human interference.

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Nal Sarovar Bird Sanctuary

Nal Sarovar Bird Sanctuary, consisting primarily of a lake and ambient marshes, is situated about 64 km to the west of Ahmedabad near Sanand Village, in the Gujarat state of India.

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Odisha

Odisha (formerly Orissa) is one of the 29 states of India, located in eastern India.

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Olive ridley sea turtle

The olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea), also known as the Pacific ridley sea turtle, are smallest and most abundant of all sea turtles found in the world, species of sea turtle found in warm and tropical waters, primarily in the Pacific and Indian Oceans.

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Point Calimere

Kodiakkarai also called Point Calimere or Cape Calimere, (கோடியக்கரை Kodiakkarai), is a low headland on the Coromandel Coast, in the Nagapattinam district of the state of Tamil Nadu, India.

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Punjab, India

Punjab is a state in northern India.

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Rajasthan

Rajasthan (literally, "Land of Kings") is India's largest state by area (or 10.4% of India's total area).

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Ramsar Convention

The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat is an international treaty for the conservation and sustainable use of wetlands.

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Renuka Lake

Renuka lake is in the Sirmaur district of Himachal Pradesh in India and it is 672 m above the sea level.

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Resource recovery

Resource recovery is using wastes as an input material to create valuable products as new outputs.

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Road

A road is a thoroughfare, route, or way on land between two places that has been paved or otherwise improved to allow travel by foot or some form of conveyance, including a motor vehicle, cart, bicycle, or horse.

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Ropar Wetland

Ropar Wetland, also named Ropar Lake, is a man-made freshwater riverine and lacustrine wetland.

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Rudrasagar Lake

Rudrasagar Lake, also known as Rudijala, is a lake located in Melaghar, Tripura, India.

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Sambhar Salt Lake

The Sambhar Salt Lake, India's largest inland salt lake, is located 96 km southwest of the city of Jaipur (Northwest India) and 64 km northeast of Ajmer along National Highway 8 in Rajasthan.

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Sangai

The sangai is an endemic and endangered subspecies of brow-antlered deer found only in Manipur, India.

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Saraca indica

Saraca indica, commonly known as asoka-tree, Ashok or simply Asoca, is a plant belonging to the Detarioideae subfamily of the Fabaceae family.

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Sarus crane

The sarus crane (Antigone antigone) is a large non-migratory crane found in parts of the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia and Australia.

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Sasthamcotta Lake

Sasthamcotta Lake or Sasthamkotta Lake, also categorized as a wetland, is the largest fresh water lake in Kerala, a state of India on the south of the West Coast.

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Soil salinity

Soil salinity is the salt content in the soil; the process of increasing the salt content is known as salinization.

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South Asian river dolphin

The South Asian river dolphin (Platanista gangetica) is an endangered freshwater or river dolphin found in the Indian subcontinent which is split into two subspecies, the Ganges river dolphin (P. g. gangetica)(~3,500 individuals) and the Indus river dolphin (P. g. minor)(~1,500 individuals).

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Spoonbill

Spoonbills are a genus, Platalea, of large, long-legged wading birds.

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Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu (• tamiḻ nāḍu ? literally 'The Land of Tamils' or 'Tamil Country') is one of the 29 states of India.

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Teak

Teak (Tectona grandis) is a tropical hardwood tree species placed in the flowering plant family Lamiaceae.

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Tripura

Tripura 'ত্রিপুরা (Bengali)' is a state in Northeast India.

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Tso Moriri

Tso Moriri or Lake Moriri or "Mountain Lake", is a lake in the Ladakhi part of the Changthang Plateau (literally: northern plains) in Jammu and Kashmir in Northern India.

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Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh (IAST: Uttar Pradeś) is a state in northern India.

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Vembanad

Vembanad (Vembanad Kayal or Vembanad Kol) is the longest lake in India, and the largest lake in the state of Kerala.

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Water pollution

Water pollution is the contamination of water bodies, usually as a result of human activities.

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West Bengal

West Bengal (Paśchimbāṅga) is an Indian state, located in Eastern India on the Bay of Bengal.

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Wetland

A wetland is a land area that is saturated with water, either permanently or seasonally, such that it takes on the characteristics of a distinct ecosystem.

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White stork

The white stork (Ciconia ciconia) is a large bird in the stork family Ciconiidae.

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Wular Lake

Wular Lake (also spelt Wullar) is one of the largest fresh water lakes in Asia.

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WWF-India

WWF-India is the Indian part of the WWF.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ramsar_sites_in_India

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