๐ *Wetlands in India* ๐
01. Ashtamudi Wetland (614 km2)๐ธKerala๐ธAugust 2002 โ๐ธA natural backwater in Kollam district.
02. Vembanad-Kol Wetland (1512.5 km2)๐ธKerala๐ธAugust 2002๐ธLargest lake of Kerala, spanning across Alappuzha, Kottayam , and Ernakulam districts.
03. Point Calimere Wildlife and Bird Sanctuary (385 km2)โ๐ธTamil Nadu โ๐ธAugust 2002โ๐ธOne of the last remnants of Dry Evergreen Forests.
04. Bhoj Wetland (32 km2)๐ธMadhya Pradesh๐ธAugust 2002๐ธThe Bhoj Wetland consists of two lakes โ the Bhojtal & the Lower Lake.
05. Chandra Taal (49 km2)๐ธHimachal Pradesh๐ธNovember 2005๐ธA high altitude lake on the upper Chandra valley.
06. Chilika Lake (1165 km2)๐ธOdisha๐ธOctober 1981๐ธChilka Lake (Chilika Lake) is a brackish water lagoon. Largest coastal lagoon in India & the second largest lagoon in the world.
07. Deepor Beel (40 km2)๐ธAssam๐ธAugust 2002๐ธPermanent freshwater lake in a former channel of the Brahmaputra river.
08. East Kolkata Wetlands (125 km2)๐ธWest Bengal ๐ธAugust 2002๐ธWorld-renowned as a model of a multiple use wetland.
09. Harike Wetland (41 km2)โ๐ธPunjabโ๐ธMarch 1990โ ๐ธAn important site for breeding, wintering and staging birds.
10. Hokera Wetland (13.75 km2)โ๐ธJammu & Kashmirโ ๐ธNovember 2005โ๐ธLocated in the northwest Himalayan biogeographic province of Kashmir, back of the snow-draped Pir Panchal.
11. Kanjli Wetland (1.83 km2)โ๐ธPunjabโ๐ธJanuary 2002โ๐ธThe stream is considered to be the most significant in the state from the religious point of view, as it is associated with the first guru of the Sikhs, Shri Guru Nanak Dev Ji.
12. Keoladeo National Park (28.73 km2)โ๐ธRajasthanโ ๐ธOctober 1981โ๐ธPlaced on the Montreux Record in 1990 due to โwater shortage & an unbalanced grazing regimeโ.
13. Kolleru Lake (901 km2)โ๐ธAndhra Pradeshโ๐ธAugust 2002โ๐ธBird sanctuary
14. Loktak Lake (266 km2)โ๐ธManipurโ๐ธ March 1990โ ๐ธLoktak Lake is the largest freshwater lake in the north-eastern region of the country. Placed on the Montreux Record.
15. Nalsarovar Bird Sanctuary (123 km2)โ๐ธGujaratโ ๐ธSeptember 2012โ๐ธA natural freshwater lake (a relict sea) that is the largest natural wetland in the Thar Desert Biogeographic Province.
16. Pong Dam Lake (156.62 km2)โ๐ธHimachal Pradeshโ ๐ธAugust 2002โ๐ธA water storage reservoir created in 1975 on the Beas River in the low foothills of the Himalaya on the northern edge of the Indo-Gangetic plain.
17. Renuka Lake (2 km2)โ๐ธHimachal Pradeshโ๐ธNovember 2005โ๐ธA natural wetland with freshwater springs and inland subterranean karst formations, fed by a small stream flowing from the lower Himalayan out to the Giri river.
18. Ropar Wetland (13.65 km2)โ๐ธPunjabโ๐ธJanuary 2002๐ธA human made wetland of lake and river formed by the 1952 construction of a barrage for diversion of water from the Sutlej River for drinking and irrigation supplies.
19. Rudrasagar Lake (2.4 km2)๐ธTripuraโ๐ธNovember 2005โ๐ธAlso known as Rudijala. Potential important bird area and attracts a large number of waterfowl in winter.
20. Sambhar Lake (240 km2)โ๐ธRajasthanโ๐ธMarch 1990โ๐ธIndiaโs largest inland salt lake.
21. Sasthamkotta Lake (3.73 km2)โKeralaโAugust 2002โ Largest freshwater lake in Kerala, situated in Kollam district.
22. Surinsar-Mansar Lakes (3.5 km2)โJammu & Kashmirโ Nov 2005 The lake supports CITES & IUCN Redlisted Lissemys punctata, Aspideretes gangeticus & Mansariella lacustris.
23. Tsomoriri (120 km2)โ๐ธJammu & Kashmir โ ๐ธAugust 2002โ๐ธA freshwater to brackish lake lying at 4,595 m above sea level, with wet meadows and borax-laden wetlands along the shores.
24. Upper Ganga River (Brijghat to Narora Stretch) (265.9 km2)โ๐ธUttar Pradeshโ๐ธNovember 2005โ๐ธThe river provides habitat for IUCN Red listed Ganges River Dolphin, Gharial, Crocodile, 6 species of turtles, otters, 82 species of fish & more than hundred species of birds.
25. Wular Lake (189 km2)๐ธJammu & Kashmir๐ธMarch 1990๐ธThe largest freshwater lake in India.
26. Bhitarkanika Mangroves (650 km2)๐ธOdisha Aug 2002๐ธ It is famousfor its salt water crocodiles and Olive ridley sea turtle
