List of all 46 Ramsar Sites in India State Wise
No:1. Any wetland site which is listed under the
Ramsar Convention that intends to preserve it and advance sustainable
utilisation of its natural resources is known as a Ramsar Site.
No:2. As of December 2020, there are 42 recognised
Ramsar Sites in India.
No:3. The Ramsar Convention was signed on February 2,
1971; is one of the oldest inter-governmental accord signed by members
countries to preserve the ecological character of their wetlands of
international importance.
List of all 46 Ramsar Sites
Name of Site: Asan Conservation Reserve (Uttarakhand)
Area: 4.44 km2
Description: It has become Uttarakhand's first Ramsar
sites on October 22, 2020. The Asan Conservation Reserve is a 444-hectare
stretch of the Asan River running down to its confluence with the Yamuna River
in Dehradun, Uttarakhand. These habitats support 330 species of birds including
the critically endangered red-headed vulture, white-rumped vulture and Baer's
pochard.
Name of Site: Asthamudi Wetland (Kerala)
Area (km2) : 614
Description: It is a natural backwater in the Kollam district.
River Kallada and Pallichal drains into it. It forms an estuary with Sea at
Neendakara (a famous fishing harbour in Kerala). National Waterway 3 passes
through it.
Name of Site: Beas Conservation Reserve (Punjab)
Area (km2) : 64
Description: It is a 185 km stretch of the Beas River.
The stretch is dotted with islands, sand bars and braided channels. The Reserve
hosts the only known population in India of the endangered Indus river dolphin.
In 2017, a programme was initiated to re-introduce the
critically endangered Gharial.
Name of Site : Bhitarkanika Mangroves (Odisha)
Area (km2) : 650
Description: Bhitarkanika Mangroves, a part of
Bhitarkanika Wildlife Sanctuary was designated a Ramsar Wetland of
International Importance in 2002. The core area of the sanctuary was declared
Bhitarkanika National Park.
Gahirmatha Marine Wildlife Sanctuary is adjacent to
the Bhitarkanika Wildlife Sanctuary. It is famous for its saltwater crocodiles
and Olive ridley sea turtle.
Name of Site: Bhoj Wetlands (Madhya Pradesh)
Area (km2) : 32
Description: The Wetland consists of two lakes namely
Bhojtal and the Lower Lake located in the city of Bhopal. It is a humanmade
reservoir. The largest bird of India, the Sarus Crane is found here.
Name of Site: Chandertal Wetland (Himachal Pradesh)
Area (km2) : 0.49
Description: It is a high altitude lake.
It supports IUCN Red listed Snow Leopard.
Name of Site: Chilka Lake (Odisha)
Area (km2) : 1165
Description: in 1981, Chilika Lake was designated the
first Indian wetland of international importance under the Ramsar Convention.
It is a brackish water lagoon at the mouth of the Daya River. It is the largest
coastal lagoon in India. Nalbana Bird Sanctuary is the core area of the Ramsar
designated wetlands of Chilika Lake. The Irrawaddy dolphin (critically
endangered) is the flagship species of Chilika Lake.
Name of Site : Deepor Beel (Assam)
Area (km2) : 40
Description: A permanent freshwater lake in a former
channel of the Brahmaputra River.
It is a staging site on migratory flyways and some of
the largest concentrations of aquatic birds in Assam can be seen, especially in
winter.
Name of Site: East Kolkata Wetlands (West Bengal)
Area (km2) : 125
Description: It is a multiple-use wetland that serves
the city of Kolkata. The wetland provides about 150 tons of fresh vegetables
daily, as well as some 10500 tons of table fish per year.
The wetland forms an urban facility for treating the
city's wastewater and utilising the treated water for pisciculture and
agriculture.
Name of Site: Harike Lake (Punjab)
Area (km2) : 41
Description: It is a shallow water reservoir at the
confluence of Beas and Sutlej rivers. It is an important site for breeding,
wintering and staging birds, supporting over 200000 Anatidae (ducks, geese,
swans, etc.) during migration.
Name of Site: Hokera Wetland (Jammu and Kashmir)
Area (km2) : 13.75
Description: It is a natural perennial wetland
contiguous to the Jhelum basin. It is the only site with remaining reedbeds of
Kashmir and a pathway of 68 waterfowl species like large egret, great crested
grebe, little cormorant, common shelduck, tufted duck and endangered white-eyed
pochard coming from Siberia, China, Central Asia, and northern Europe. Typical
marshy vegetation complexes inhabit like Typha, Phragmites, Eleocharis, Trapa
and Nymphoides species ranging from shallow water to open water aquatic flora.
Name of Site: Kabartal Wetland (Bihar)
Area (km2) : 26.2
Description: Five critically endangered species
inhabit the site, including the red-headed, white-rumped vulture, Indian
vulture, the sociable lapwing and Baer's pochard. It is also known as Kanwar
Jheel. Kabartal in Bihar's Begusarai district has been recognised as a wetland
of international importance the First such wetland in the state-under Ramsar
Convention.
Name of Site: Kanjli Lake (Punjab)
Area (km2) : 1.83
Description: The 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. The site is a centre for
environmental tourism and picnicking.
Name of Site: Keoladeo Ghana NP (Rajasthan)
Area (km2) : 28.73
Description: A complex often artificial, seasonal
lagoons, varying in size. Vegetation is a mosaic of scrub and open. grassland
that provides habitat for breeding, wintering and staging migratory birds. The
invasive growth of the grass Paspalum Distichum has changed the ecological
character of large areas of the site, reducing its suitability for certain
water bird species, notably the Siberian Crane.
Name of Site: Keshopur-Miani Community Reserve (Punjab)
Area (km2) : 34
Description: The Site is an example of wise use of a
community-managed wetland, which provides food for people and supports local
biodiversity. Threatened species present include the vulnerable common pochard
(Aythya ferina) and the endangered spotted pond turtle (Geoclemys hamiltonii).
Name of Site: Kolleru Lake (Andhra Pradesh)
Area (km2) : 901
Description: A natural Eutrophic lake situated between
the river basins of the Godavari and the Krishna. It was previously a lagoon,
but now it is several kilometres inland due to the coastline of emergence and
delta formation. It provides habitat for a number of resident and migratory
birds, including declining numbers of the vulnerable grey pelican.
Name of Site : Loktak Lake (Manipur)
Area (km2) : 266
Description: Loktak Lake is the largest freshwater
lake in the North-eastern region of the country which is famous for the phumdis
floating over it. Keibul Lamjao the only floating national park in the world
floats over it.
Name of Site: Lonar Lake (Maharashtra)
Area (km2) : 4.27
Description: It is formed by a meteorite impact some
50000 years ago, onto the basalt bedrock. The lake, which is a notified
National Geo-Heritage Monument has Saline Water with a pH of 10.5. There is no
oxygen below one meter of the lake's water surface. Fauna includes the
vulnerable Asian woolly neck and common pochard and the grey wolf.
Name of Site: Nalsarovar Bird Sanctuary (Gujarat)
Area (km2) : 123
Description: A natural freshwater lake that is the
largest natural wetland in the Thar Desert. The wetland is a lifeline for a
satellite population of the endangered Indian Wild Ass. It is an important
stopover site within the Central Asian Flyway, with globally threatened species
such as the lapwing and marbled teal.
Name of Site: Nandur Madhameshwar (Maharashtra)
Area (km2) : 14
Description: The site is a mosaic of lakes, marshes
and riparian forest on the Deccan Plateau. The site hosts some of India's most
iconic species, such as the leopard and Indian sandalwood. It also provides
sanctuary to critically endangered species including Deolali minnow, Indian
vulture and white-rumped vulture.
Name of Site: Nangal Wildlife Sanctuary (Punjab)
Area (km2) : 1
Description: Located in the Shiwalik foothills of
Punjab. It supports abundant flora and fauna including threatened species, such
as the endangered Indian Pangolin and Egyptian Vulture. It occupies a
human-made reservoir constructed as part of the Bhakra-Nangal Project in 1961.
The site is of historic importance as the Indian and Chinese Prime Ministers
formalised the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence there in 1954.
Name of Site: Nawabganj Bird Sanctuary (Uttar Pradesh)
Area (km2) : 2.24
Description: It provides sanctuary to the endangered
Egyptian vulture and Pallas's fish eagle as well as the vulnerable lesser
adjutant and woolly-necked stork. It was renamed Chandra Shekhar Azad Bird
Sanctuary in 2015.
Name of Site: Parvati Agra Bird Sanctuary (Uttar
Pradesh)
Area (km2) : 7
Description: It is a permanent freshwater environment
consisting of two Oxbow Lakes. The Sanctuary is a refuge for some of India's
threatened vulture species: the critically endangered white-rumped vulture and
Indian vulture.
Name of Site: Point Calimere Wildlife and Bird
Sanctuary (Tamil Nadu)
Area (km2) : 385
Description: One of the last remnants of Dry Evergreen
Forests. Habitat: Dry Evergreen Forests, Mangrove & Wetlands.
Name of Site: Pong Dam Lake (Himachal Pradesh)
Area (km2) : 240
Description: It is also known as Maharana Pratap
Sagar.
It was constructed across the Beas River in 1975.
Name of Site: Renuka Wetland (Himachal Pradesh)
Area (km2) : 4.028
Description: The lake is home to at least 443 species
of fauna, 103 species of birds namely crimson-breasted barbets, mynas, bulbuls
etc and 19 species of fish representative of lake ecosystems like Puntius,
Labeo, Rasbora and Channa. Prominent vegetation ranges from dry deciduous
plants like Shorea robusta, Terminalia elliptica, Dalbergia sissoo to aquạtic
plants.
Name of Site: Ropar Lake (Punjab)
Area (km2) : 13.65
Description: A human-made wetland of lake and river
formed by the construction of a barrage for diversion of water from the Sutlej
River.
The site is an important breeding place for the
nationally protected smooth-coated otter, hog deer, sambar, several reptiles
and the endangered Indian pangolin.
Name of Site : Rudrasagar Lake (Tripura)
Area (km2) : 2.4
Description: It is a reservoir fed by three perennial
streams discharging to the river Gomati.
It is an ideal habitat for IUCN Red listed
Three-striped Roof Turtle.
Name of Site: Saman Bird Sanctuary (Uttar Pradesh)
Area (km2) : 5
Description: It is a seasonal oxbow lake on the Ganges
floodplain.
Vulnerable species including the sarus crane and greater spotted eagle are found here.
Name of Site: Samaspur Bird Sanctuary (Uttar Pradesh)
Area (km2) : 8
Description: It is a perennial lowland marsh typical
of the Indo-Gangetic Plains.
The Sanctuary harbours threatened species such as the
endangered Egyptian Vulture and Pallas's fish eagle.
Name of Site: Sambhar Lake (Rajasthan)
Area (km2) : 240
Description: The Sambhar Salt Lake is India's largest
inland saltwater lake.
It is a key wintering area for tens of thousands of
flamingos.
Name of Site: Sandi Bird Sanctuary (Uttar Pradesh)
Area (km2) : 3.09
Description: The wetland is typical of the Indo-Gangetic
plains.
It is home to over 1% of the South Asian populations
of common teal, red-crested pochard and ferruginous duck, while the vulnerable
sarus crane has a population of 200 individuals within the sanctuary.
Name of Site: Sarsai Nawar Jheel (Uttar Pradesh)
Area (km2) : 2
Description: It is a permanent marsh. It is an example
of co-habitation of humans and wildlife.
The site's name is derived from the large
non-migratory Sarus Crane.
Other threatened species present include the critically endangered white-rumped vulture and endangered Woolly-necked stork.
Name of Site: Sasthamkotta Lake (Kerala)
Area (km2) : 3.73
Description: It is the largest freshwater lake in
Kerala, situated in Kollam district.
River Kallada had a unique replenishing system through
a bar of paddy field.
The lake is now depleting due to the destruction of
the replenishing mechanism.
Name of Site: Sunderbans Wetland (West Bengal)
Area (km2) : 4230
Description: Sunderbans Wetland is located within the
largest mangrove forest in the world.
It is the largest Ramsar Site in India.
The Indian Sunderbans, covering the South-westernmost
part of the delta, constitutes over 60% of the country's total mangrove forest
area and includes 90% of Indian mangrove species.
Name of Site: Surinsar-Mansar Lakes (Jammu and
Kashmir)
Area (km2) : 3.5
Description: The lake supports CITES and IUCN Red
Listed Indian flap shell turtle and Indian softshell turtle. The site is
socially and culturally very important with many temples around owing to its
mythical origin from the Mahabharata Period.
Name of Site: Sur Sarovar (Uttar Pradesh)
Area (km2) : 4.31
Description: Threatened species include the vulnerable
greater spotted eagle, sarus crane and wallago catfish, Sur Sarover is also known
as Keetham Lake and it is a man-made reservoir.
Name of Site: Tso Kar Wetland Complex (Ladakh)
Area (km2) : 95.77
Description: It includes two connected lakes, the
freshwater Startsapuk Tso and the larger hypersaline Tso Kar.
It is one of the most important breeding areas in
India for the black-necked crane.
Name of Site: Tsomoriri Lake (Jammu and Kashmir)
Area (km2) : 120
Description: A freshwater to brackish lake lying at
4595m above sea level.
The site is said to represent the only breeding ground
outside of China for one of the most endangered cranes, the Black-necked crane,
and the only breeding ground for Bar-headed geese in India.
The Great Tibetan Sheep or Argali and Tibetan Wild Ass
are endemic to the region.
With no outflow, evaporation in the arid steppe
conditions causes varying levels of salinity.
Name of Site: Upper Ganga River (Brijghat to Narora
Stretch) (Uttar Pradesh)
Area (km2) : 265.9
Description: The river provides habitat for IUCN Red
listed Ganges River Dolphin, Gharial and Crocodile. Plant species include
Dalbergia sissoo, Saraca indica, Eucalyptus globulus, Ficus benghalensis,
Dendrocalamus strictus, Tectona grandis, Azadirachta indica and aquatic
Eichhornia.
Name of Site: Vembanad Kol Wetland (Kerala)
Area (km2) : 1512.5
Description: Largest Lake of Kerala, spanning across
Alappuzha, Kottayam, and Ernakulam districts.
It is the second-largest Ramsar Site in India after
Sunderbans.
It is also the longest lake in India.
It is below a level and is famous for exotic fish
varieties and Paddy fields that is below sea level.
Name of Site: Wular Lake (Jammu and Kashmir)
Area (km2) : 189
Description: It is the largest freshwater lake in
India. The lake supports an important fishing industry and is a valuable source
of water for irrigation and domestic use. The area is important for wintering,
staging and breeding birds.
Name of Site: Thol (Gujarat)
Name of Site: Wadhawan (Gujarat)
Name of Site: Sultanpur (Haryana)
Name of Site: Bhindawas (Haryana)
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