Nalsarovar Bird  

Sanctuary

Gujarat  The lake attracts over 210 species of birds in the winter, and harbors a

variety of plants and animals.

 Besides a few mammalian species including the endangered wild ass and  

the black buck, its migratory bird population includes rosy pelicans,  

flamingoes, white storks, brahminy ducks and herons.

31. DeeporBeel Assam  It is a permanent freshwater lake, in a former channel of the Brahmaputra  

River, to the south of the main river.

32. Rudrasagar Lake Tripura  The lake is abundant in commercially important freshwater fishes.

 Ideal habitat for IUCN Red listed Three-striped Roof Turtle Kachuga

dhongka.

33. Bhoj Wetland Madhya Pradesh  The Bhoj Wetland consists of two lakes located in the city of Bhopal.

 Two lakes are the Bhojtal (Upper Lake) & the Lower Lake, which lie to the  

west of the city center

 The Bhojtal was created by Paramara Raja Bhoj (1005-1055), ruler of  

Malwa.

34. NandurMadhameshwar Maharashtra  Maharashtra's first Ramsar site.

 Known as Maharashtra‘s Bharatpur.

35. Loktak Lake Manipur  Largest freshwater lake in North East India and is famous for the phumdis

(heterogeneous mass of vegetation, soil and organic matter at various  

stages of decomposition) floating over.

 Keibul Lamjao National Park is the only floating national park in the world.  

The park is the last natural refuge of the endangered Sangai (state animal)

36. Bhitarkanika  

Mangroves

Orissa  Bhitarkanika Mangroves were designated a Ramsar Wetland of  

International Importance in 2002.

 Olive ridley turtles arrive in January to March for nesting at Gahirmatha  

Beach.

37. Chilika Lake Orissa  It is the largest wintering ground for migratory birds on the Indian sub-

continent. The lake is home to a number of threatened species of plants.

The Reserve hosts the only known population in India of the endangered  

Indus river dolphin, endangered masher and hog deer.

20. Harike Lake Punjab  The wetland and the lake were formed by constructing the head works  

across the Sutlej river in 1953.

21.

Upper Ganga River  

(Brijghat to Narora  

Stretch)

Uttar Pradesh  It supports threatened ecological communities and regularly supports  

20,000 or more water birds

22. Saman Bird Sanctuary Uttar Pradesh  It has been designated as a protected Ramsar site since 2019.

23. Samaspur Bird  

Sanctuary

Uttar Pradesh

24. Sandi Bird Sanctuary Uttar Pradesh  It has been designated as a protected Ramsar site since 2020

25. SarsaiNawarJheel Uttar Pradesh  It aims to conserve water birds, notably the Sarus Crane.

26. Nawabganj Bird  

Sanctuary

Uttar Pradesh  Nawabganj Bird Sanctuary, renamed in 2015 Shahid Chandra Shekhar  

Azad Bird Sanctuary, is a bird sanctuary.

27. ParvatiArga Bird  

Sanctuary

Uttar Pradesh  Parvati Arga Bird Sanctuary is a permanent freshwater environment  

consisting of two oxbow lakes

28. Sambhar Lake Rajasthan  The site is important for a variety of wintering water birds, including large  

numbers of flamingos.

29. Keoladeo National  

Park*

Rajasthan  World Heritage Site; National Park; Bird Sanctuary

 Placed on the Montreux Record in 1990 due to "water shortage and an