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RAMSAR SITES IN INDIA

 JAMMU & KASHMIR HIMACHAL PRADESH
Surinsar-Mansar Lakes Pong Dam Lake UTTAR PRADESH
Hokera Wetland Chandra Lake Saman Bird Sanctuary
Wular Lake Renuka Lake Sur Sarovar
Hygam Wetland CR
Shallbugh Wetland CR
LADAKH Sarsai Nawar Jheel
Nawabganj Bird Sanctuary
Tsomoriri Samaspur Bird Sanctuary
Tso Kar Sandi Bird Sanctuary

PUNJAB
Parvati Aranga BS
Upper Ganga River
Beas Conservation Reserve Haiderpur Wetland
UTTARAKHAND

Y
Nangal Wildlife Sanctuary Bakhira Bird Sanctuary
Harike Wetland Asan Barrage

M
Kanjli Wetland
BIHAR ASSAM

E
Keshopur-Miani Community
Reserve Kanwar Deepar Beel

D
Ropar Wetland Lake
MANIPUR

A
HARYANA

C
Loktak Lake

O
Sultanpur National
MIZORAM

F
Bhindawas WLS

IN
Pala wetland

RAJASTHAN TRIPURA

C
Rudrasagar Lake
Keoladeo National Park

S
Sambhar Lake
WEST BENGAL

UP
ODISHA
GUJARAT Chilka Lake East Kolkata Wetlands

Thol Lake
GOA Bhitarkanika Mangroves
Satkosia Gorge
Sundarban Wetland
Nanda
Wadhvana Wetland Lake Tampara Lake
Khijadia Bird Sanctuary Hirakud Reservoir
Nalsarovar Bird Sanctuary Ansupa Lake MADHYA PRADESH
Bhoj Wetland
Sakhya Sagar Lake
Sirpur wetland
KARNATAKA ANDHRA PRADESH Yashwant Sagar
MAHARASHTRA Ranganatittu BS
TAMIL NADU Kolleru Lake
Lonar Lake
Thane Creek Point Calimere Wildlife BS Vembannur Wetland
Karikili Bird Sanctuary Kanjirankulam Bird Sanctuary
KERALA Pallikaranai Marsh Reserve Forest
Pichavaram Mangrove Forest
Vaduvur Bird Sanctuary
Complex Vellode BS
Sasthamkotta Lake Koonthankulam Bird Sanctuary Vedanthangal BS
Ashtamudi Lake Gulf of Mannar Marine BR Udhayamarthandapuram BS
Vembanad-Kol Wetland Chitrangudi Bird Sanctuary Suchindram Theroor Wetland Complex
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FACTS ABOUT WETLANDS IN INDIA

In the country’s 75th year of

independence, India adds 11 RAMSAR SUNDARBANS
CONVENTION
additional wetland sites to its Sundarbans is the largest
list of Ramsar sites Ramsar Site of India.
In 1982, India became a party
to the Convention on Wetlands,
also known as the Ramsar

Y
Convention.

2/5 1/4
INLAND NATURAL COASTAL NATURAL

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AD
19 C
Presently, India stands 1st
in South Asia and 3 in Asia

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in terms of number of

F
designated sites.

IN NEWLY
SC
India has 19 types
of wetlands. Odisha - Tampara Lake,

UP
Hirakud Reservoir,

ADDED SITES
Ansupa Lake

Tamil Nadu - Chitrangudi

13,26,677 Ha
Maharashtra - Thane Creek Bird Sanctuary,
Jammu and Kashmir - Suchindram Theroor
Hygam Wetland Wetland Complex,
India's wetlands covers around Conservation Reserve Vaduvur Bird Sanctuary,
1,52,600 sq lume. 4.63% of the and Shallbugh Wetland Kanjirankulam Bird
total geographical area of the Conservation Reserve Sanctuary
country.

12,500 SQ KM TAMIL
RENUKA WETLAND
India's Ramsar wetlands are
spread over 12,500 sq km and NADU
Tamil Nadu has the most
Wetlands in Uttar
Pradesh and Gujarat
Renuka Wetland (Area – 20 ha) above 10% of the total wetland serve as important
in Himachal Pradesh is the area in the country across 23 Ramsar Sites in India. It
spaces for migratory
smallest wetland of India. States and UTs. has 14 Indian Wetlands. birds.
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