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    India’s three more wetlands added to Ramsar Sites List

    Posted 16 Aug 2024

    2 min read

    These wetland include

    Wetland

    Specifications

    Nanjarayan Bird Sanctuary (Tamil Nadu)

    • Nanjarayan Lake a large shallow wetland named after King Nanjarayan (who restored and repaired it). 
    • It depends on heavy rain water flow from Nallar drainage.
    • Acts as feeding and nesting habitat for resident and migratory birds; water source for agricultural purpose.

    Kazhuveli Bird Sanctuary (Tamil Nadu)

    • Brackish shallow lake located on Coromandel Coast in North of Pondicherry. 
    • Connected to Bay of Bengal by brackish Uppukalli creek and Yedayanthittu Estuary.
    • Lies in Central Asian Flyway of migratory species.
    • Breeding ground for birds, fish; source for aquifer recharge; houses highly degraded mangrove patches containing Avicennia species

    Tawa Reservoir (Madhya Pradesh)

    • Located inside Satpura Tiger Reserve and borders Satpura National Park and Bori Wildlife Sanctuary.
    • Constructed at confluence of Tawa and Denwa rivers.
      • River Tawa (left bank tributary of Narmada River) originates from Mahadeo Hills. 
      • Rivers Malanni, Sonbhadra and Nagdwari are major tributaries of reservoir.

    About Wetland               

    • An area of land that is saturated with water.
    • Wetland must meet at least 1 of 9 criteria like regularly supports 20,000 or more water birds, or conserving biological diversity etc.
    • Now, total Ramsar Sites in India is 85. Tamil Nadu has maximum Ramsar Sites.
    • Tags :
    • Ramsar Sites
    • Nanjarayan Bird Sanctuary
    • Kazhuveli Bird Sanctuary
    • Tawa Reservoir
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