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The Ramsar Site Information Sheet notes that "at a time when wetlands in northern India are getting reduced due to extensive drainage and reclamation, the avian habitats formed by the creation of the Pong Dam assume a great significance" - given the site's location on the trans-Himalayan flyway, more than 220 bird species have been identified ...
Thane Creek, previously Thana Creek, is an estuary of the Arabian Sea and one of the two main distributaries of the Ulhas River, in Konkan division of Maharashtra, India. [2] The Ulhas splits at the northeast corner of Salsette island into its two main distributaries, the other one being the Vasai Creek , both of which empty into the Arabian Sea.
Pages in category "Ramsar sites in India" The following 86 pages are in this category, out of 86 total. ... Thane Creek; Thol Lake; Thol Lake Bird Sanctuary; Tso Kar;
As of October 2024, 171 states have acceded to the convention and designated 2,521 sites to the list, covering 257,317,367 hectares (635,845,060 acres); one other state has acceded to the convention but has yet to designate any sites. The complete list of the wetlands is accessible on the Ramsar Sites Information Service website. [3]
The northern portion of Esmeraldas province has a large pristine mangrove forest that is preserved as the Reserva Ecológica Cayapas-Mataje (REMACAN) and is an original Ramsar site. [30] This forest is the most preserved within Ecuador and likely the most pristine forest along the Pacific Coast of the Americas.
Nandur Madhmeshwar Bird Sanctuary is located at Niphad Tehsil of Nashik District, known as the Bharatpur [2] of Maharashtra.. It is designated as Ramsar site and it's a Maharashtra's first Ramsar site.
Bhindawas Wildlife Sanctuary Ramsar site is located in Jhajjar district, which is about 15 km from Jhajjar in Haryana. On 3 June 2009, it is also declared as bird sanctuary by the Indian Government. [2] Small black bird Saxicoloides fulicatus at Bhindawas
Thane: Thane Creek Wildlife Sanctuary: 2015 Thane: Tipeshwar Wildlife Sanctuary: 1997 148.63 Yavatmal: Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary: 2003 85 Palghar: Umred Pauni Karhandla Wildlife Sanctuary: 2012 189.13 Bhandara, Nagpur: Wan Wildlife Sanctuary: 1997 211 Amravati: Yawal Wildlife Sanctuary: 1969 177.52 Jalgaon: Yedsi Ramling Ghat Wildlife ...