- As per the Ramsar Convention definition most of the natural water bodies (such as rivers, lakes, coastal lagoons, mangroves, peat land, coral reefs) and man made wetlands (such as ponds, farm ponds, irrigated fields, sacred groves, salt pans, reservoirs, gravel pits, sewage farms and canals) in India constitute the wetland ecosystem.
List of Ramsar Wetland Sites in India. Name of site, location, year of notification and total area is as follows:
S. No. |
Name of the Site |
State |
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| Total area (In Sq. Km) | ||||
1 |
Asthamudi Wetland |
Kerala |
614 |
|
2 |
Bhitarkanika Mangroves |
Orissa |
650 |
|
3 |
Bhoj Wetlands |
Madhya Pradesh |
32.01 |
|
4 |
Chandertal Wetland |
Himachal Pradesh | 0.49 |
|
5 |
Chilka Lake |
Orissa |
1165 |
|
| 6 | Deepor Beel | Assam | 40 | |
| 7 | East Calcutta Wetlands | West Bengal | 125 | |
8 |
Harike Lake |
Punjab | 41 | |
9 |
Hokera Wetland |
Jammu and Kashmir |
13.75 | |
10 |
Kanjli Lake |
Punjab |
1.83 | |
11 |
Keoladeo Ghana NP |
Rajasthan | 28.73 | |
12 |
Kolleru Lake |
Andhra Pradesh |
901 | |
13 |
Loktak Lake |
Manipur | 266 |
|
14 |
Nalsarovar Bird Sanctuary |
Gujarat |
120 |
|
15 |
Point Calimere |
Tamil Nadu | 385 |
|
16 |
Pong Dam Lake |
Himachal Pradesh |
156.62 |
|
17 |
Renuka Wetland |
Himachal Pradesh | 0.2 |
|
18 |
Ropar Lake |
Punjab | 13.65 |
|
19 |
Rudrasagar Lake |
Tripura |
2.4 |
|
20 |
Sambhar Lake |
Rajasthan |
240 |
|
21 |
Sasthamkotta Lake |
Kerala |
3.73 |
|
22 |
Surinsar-Mansar Lakes |
Jammu and Kashmir |
3.5 |
|
23 |
Tsomoriri Lake |
Jammu and Kashmir |
120 |
|
24 |
Vembanad Kol Wetland |
Kerala |
1512.5 |
|
| 25 | Upper Ganga River(Brijghat to Narora Stretch) |
Uttar Pradesh | 265.9 | |
26 |
Wular Lake |
Jammu & Kashmir | 189 |
|
27 |
Sunderbans Wetland |
West Bengal |
4230 |