List of Ramsar sites in India

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N
o.

Name

Lo
cat
ion

Rivers
Description

River
Kallada
and
Pallichal

A natural backwater in Kollam district. Rivers forms an estuary with Sea at

Neendakara which is a famous fishing harbour in Kerala. National
Waterway 3 passes through it. Most tastiest backwater fish in kerala , the
Karimeen of kanjiracode Kayal is from Ashtamudi Lake.

Keral
Ashtamud
a
i Wetland

Bhitarkani
Brahman
ka
Oriss
i and
Salt water crocodiles and Olive ridley sea turtle.
Mangrove a
Baitarani
s
rivers.

Kolans The Bhoj Wetland consists of two lakes located in the city of Bhopal, the
River capital of the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The two lakes are the
Bhojtal and the Lower Lake, which lie to the west of the city center. It is a
manmade reservoir. A total of more than 20,000 birds are observed
annually. White storks, black-necked storks, bar-headed geese, spoonbills,
sarus cranes etc.

Bhoj
Wetland

Madh
ya
Prade
sh

Chandra
Taal
[Moon
lake]

Hima Chandra
chal
River lake is situated on the Samudra Tapu plateau in the Spiti part of the Lahul
Prade
and Spiti district
sh

Chilika
Lake

Oriss
a

Dipor Bil

Assa
m

Daya
River

Largest coastal lagoon in India and the second largest lagoon in the world.
Nalbana Island is the core area of the Ramsar designated wetlands of
Chilika Lake. The Irrawaddy dolphin, classified as critically endangered, is
the flagship species of Chilika lake.

Basistha
and
Khonajan channel drains the beel into the Brahmaputra river, 5 km to the
Kalmani north.
rivers

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Rivers

Name

Lo
cat
ion

East
Calcutta
Wetlands

West
Beng
al

Sewage
fed
Man-made.

Harike
Wetland

confluen
ce of the
Punja
Beas and grand Indira Gandhi Canal in Rajasthan is fed from this source; man-made.
b
Sutlej
rivers

Hokersar
Wetland

Jamm
u and
Kash
mir

1
0

Kanjli
Wetland

Kali
Bien
River, a
Punja
tributary
b
of the
Beas
River

1
1

Keoladeo
National
Park

Rajas
than

1
2

Kolleru
Lake

seasonal
Andh Budamer
ra
u and Kolleru is located between Krishna and Godavari delta. The lake serves as
Prade Tammile a natural flood-balancing reservoir for these two rivers.
sh
ru
streams

1
3

Loktak
Lake

Description

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Mani Manipur/ Keibul Lamjao the only floating national park in the world floats over it;
pur
Imphal confluence of Manipur River and Khuga River
river

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N
o.

Name

Lo
cat
ion

Rivers
Description

mainly

1
4

Nalsarova
Gujar
r Bird
at
Sanctuary

1
5

Point
Calimere
Wildlife
and Bird
Sanctuary

1
6

Pong
Dam
Lake/Mah
arana
Pratap
Sagar

Hima
chal
Prade
sh

--

1
7

Renuka
Lake

Hima
chal
Prade
sh

1
8

Ropar_W
etland

Punja
b

Sutlej

1
9

Rudrasaga
Tripu
r/Rudijala
ra
Lake

2
0

Sambhar
Lake

Tamil
Nadu

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Kaveri
river
It is the apex of the Cauvery River delta; Coromandel coast

Beas

A humanmade wetland of lake and river formed by the 1952 construction

of a barrage for diversion of water from the Sutlej River.

Gumati
river

Rajas Mendha, India's largest inland salt lake. The Mendha and Rupangarh are main
than Runpang streams. The Mendha flows from south to north and the Rupangarh flows
arh,
from north to south.
Khandel
and
Karian

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N
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Name

Lo
cat
ion

Rivers
Description

Rivers

Kallada It is the largest freshwater lake in Kerala. River Kallada had a unique
river replenishing system through a bar of paddy field which has now
disappeared due to indiscriminate sand and clay mining.

2
1

Sasthamk
otta Lake

Keral
a

2
2

SurinsarMansar
Lakes

Jamm
u and
Kash
mir

2
3

Tsomoriri

Jamm Snow
u and melt fed
Kash
mir

2
4

Upper
Ganga
River
(Brijghat
to Narora
Stretch)

2
5

Vembanad
Keral
-Kol
a
Wetland

2
6

Wular
Lake

rainfed

The Korzok Monastery; Changpa/Champa tribes producing Pashmina

wool. Largest of the high altitude lakes in the Trans-Himalayan
biogeographic region, the lake is oligotrophic with alkaline
water[brackish].

Ganga
Uttar
Prade
sh

Jamm Jhelum
u and
Kash
mir

Largest lake of Kerala.

Largest fresh water lake in India; formed as a result of tectonic activity.