Wetlands:
Wetlands are those areas which are covered with water permanently or temporarily for
some months in a year. Under these are included marshy lands, fresh, semi-brackish and
brackish watered areas. Those areas filled with sea water are also included in wetlands
in which the depth of water is not more than 6 m at the time of ebb.
- Ramsar Convention ,1971.
- Keoladeo NationalPark, Bharatpur
- Sambhar Lake in Rajasthan;
- Chilka lake, Orissa;
- Loktak Lake, Manipur ;
- Wular Lake , Jammu and Kashmir ;
- Harike Barrage, Punjab.