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Named Pallikaranai Swamp Forest Block, it is the 17th reserve forest area in the Tambaram Range, whose reserve forest area goes up to 56.27 square kilometres (21.73 sq mi) with this addition. The first scientific bird census in the state conducted in January 2010 revealed that birds still visit the marsh despite the non-stop dumping by the city ...
Pallikaranai Marsh. Pallikaranai wetland is a fresh water swamp adjacent to the Bay of Bengal situated in south Chennai with a geographical area of 80 km 2. In 2007, a major portion of the Pallikaranai marshland was declared a reserve forest area and brought under the Tambaram range of the Forest department. The swamp is helpful in charging the ...
Pallikaranai marsh is a freshwater swamp adjacent to the Bay of Bengal covering an area of 80 square kilometres. It is one of the finest natural freshwater ecosystems in the city. Over 100 resident and migratory bird species have been recorded so far.
Marshes + swamps. Owens doesn’t name the specific marsh where Kya lives and keeps any major hints about the marsh’s possible real-life location to a minimum in the book, but we do know that it ...
Pallikaranai Marsh Reserve Forest: Tamil Nadu: 8 April 2022 12.48 Pallikaranai wetland is a freshwater marsh located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It is the only surviving wetland ecosystem of the city and among the few and last remaining natural wetlands of South India. 52 Pichavaram Mangrove Forest: Tamil Nadu: 8 April 2022 14.79
Okkiyam Thoraipakkam has pollution-related problems because a portion of the Pallikaranai marsh has been converted into a dump yard and garbage including medical waste, plastics, tires, are burnt. [ citation needed ] However, since beginning of 2009, burning has been officially banned and this has led to considerable improvement in the air ...
Okkiyam Maduvu originates as a narrow canal from the Pallikaranai marsh land and travels eastwards towards Old Mahabhalipuram Road near Karapakkam.It then passes through a few Chennai suburbs like Okkiampet, Okkiam Thuraipakkam, Kannagi Nagar and then drains into Buckingham Canal near Injambakkam through which it ultimately empties into the Bay of Bengal via Muttukadu lake which is around 16 ...
This site is a mix of salt swamps, mangroves, backwaters, mudflats, grasslands and East Deccan dry evergreen forests. 364 of flowering plant species have been identified in the sanctuary of which 50% are herbs and the others are climbers, shrubs and trees. About 198 of these have medicinal properties.