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RAMSAR Wetlands List in India

The RAMSAR wetlands list in India is a list of wetlands of international importance, as designated by the Ramsar Convention. The list includes 46 wetlands, which are all located in different parts of the country.

RAMSAR CONVENTION

In 1971, in Ramsar, Iran, the world’s major countries made an agreement to preserve wetlands so that biodiversity could be conserved, this agreement is called the Ramsar Convention.This treaty came into force since 1975. The places where ponds, lakes, river deltas or sea banks are covered by floods are called wetlands. When a wetland is of international importance, it is called a Ramsar site. The Ramsar Convention came into force in India on 1 February 1982.

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list of 46 RAMSAR wetlands list in India

S.NO

NAME

LOCATION

YEAR

1.

Beas Conservation Reserve

Punjab

26 September 2019

2.

Bhoj Wetland

Madhya Pradesh

19 August 2002

3.

Chilika Lake

Odisha

1 October 1981

4.

East Kolkata Wetlands

West Bengal

19 August 2002

5.

Hokera Wetland

Jammu and Kashmir

8 November 2005

6.

Keoladeo National Park

Rajasthan

1 October 1981

7.

Kolleru Lake

Andhra Pradesh

19 August 2002

8.

Nalsarovar Bird Sanctuary

Gujarat

24 September 2012

9.

Nangal Wildlife Sanctuary

Punjab

26 September 2019

10.

Parvati Aranga Bird Sanctuary

Uttar Pradesh

2 December 2019

11.

Ashtamudi Wetland

Kerala

19 August 2002

12.

Bhitarkanika Mangroves

Odisha

19 August 2002

13.

Chandra Taal

Himachal Pradesh

8 November 2005

14.

Deepor Beel

Assam

19 August 2002

15.

Harike Wetland

Punjab

23 March 1990

16.

Kanjli Wetland

Punjab

22 January 2002

17.

Keshopur-Miani Community Reserve

Punjab

26 September 2019

18.

Loktak Lake

Manipur

23 March 1990

19.

Nandur Madhameshwar

Maharashtra

21 June 2019

20.

Nawabganj Bird Sanctuary

Uttar Pradesh

19 September 2019

21.

Point Calimere Wildlife and Bird Sanctuary

Tamil Nadu

19 August 2002

22.

Renuka Lake

Himachal Pradesh

8 November 2005

23.

Rudrasagar Lake

Tripura

8 November 2005

24.

Samaspur Bird Sanctuary

Uttar Pradesh

3 October 2019

25.

Sandi Bird Sanctuary

Uttar Pradesh

26 September 2019

26.

Sasthamkotta Lake

Kerala

19 August 2002

27.

Surinsar-Mansar Lakes

Jammu and Kashmir

8 November 2005

28.

Upper Ganga River (Brijghat to Narora Stretch)

Uttar Pradesh

8 November 2005

29.

Wular Lake

Jammu and Kashmir

23 March 1990

30.

Kanwar Taal or Kabar Taal Lake

Bihar

21 July 2020

31.

Lonar Lake

Maharashtra

13 November 2020

32.

Sultanpur National Park

Haryana

25 May 2021

33.

Thol Lake

Gujarat

05 April 2021

34.

Pong Dam Lake

Himachal Pradesh

19 August 2002

35.

Ropar Wetland

Punjab

22 January 2002

36.

Saman Bird Sanctuary

Uttar Pradesh

2 December 2019

37.

Sambhar Lake

Rajasthan

23 March 1990

38.

Sarsai Nawar Jheel

Uttar Pradesh

19 September 2019

39.

Sundarban Wetland

West Bengal

1 February 2019

40.

Tsomoriri

Ladakh

19 August 2002

41.

Vembanad-Kol Wetland

Kerala

19 August 2002

42.

Asan Barrage

Uttarakhand

21 July 2020

43.

Sur Sarovar

Uttar Pradesh

13 November 2020

44.

Tso Kar

Ladakh

17 November 2020

45.

Bhindawas Wildlife Sanctuary

Haryana

25 May 2021

46.

Wadhvana Wetland

Gujarat

05 April 2021

 

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