Where is Deepor Beel located?
Deepor Beel Bird Sanctuary, southwest of Guwahati city, is located in Kamrup (metropolitan) district, on the southern bank of the Brahmaputra river. The sanctuary is a permanent freshwater lake with abundant aquatic vegetation. Deepor is one of the largest of many such lakes or ‘beels’ in lower Assam.
Why is Deepor Beel famous for?
Deepor Beel has both biological and environmental importance besides being the only major storm-water storage basin for Guwahati city. It is considered one of the staging sites for migratory birds in India; and some of the large congregations of aquatic birds in Assam during winter.
What is true about Deepor Beel?
Deepor Beel has both biological and environmental importance. Considered as one of the largest beels and important riverine wetlands in the Brahmaputra valley of Lower Assam. It is categorised as a representative of the wetland type under the Burma monsoon forest biogeographic region.
In which state is the Deepor Beel lake located?
Assam
Deepor Beel, a perennial freshwater lake and the only Ramsar site in Assam, has shrunk around 35 per cent in size since 1991. It is now spread across 4,014 hectares. The waterbody once attracted exotic birds and tourists and offered livelihood to the fisherfolk.
What is Ramsar site in Assam?
A Ramsar site is a wetland designated to be of international importance under this convention. Deepor Beel, a freshwater lake on the south-western edge of Guwahati, was designated a Ramsar site in 2002 for sustaining a range of aquatic life forms besides sustaining 219 species of birds.
How many wildlife sanctuary are there in Assam 2021?
Assam protected areas includes Seven national parks (2.51% of Assam’s area), 16 wildlife sanctuaries (1.88% of Assam’s area), and two proposed wildlife sanctuaries….National parks.
| Sl. No. | 6 |
|---|---|
| Name | Raimona National Park |
| Location | Kokrajhar |
| Area (km²) | 422.00 |
| Date/Year of announced as National Park | 8 June 2021 |
What is the meaning of Beel?
A beel (Bengali and Assamese: বিল) is a billabong or a lake-like wetland with static water (as opposed to moving water in rivers and canals – typically called khaals in Bengali, in the Ganges – Brahmaputra flood plains of the Eastern Indian states of West Bengal, and Assam and in the country of Bangladesh.
Is Deepor Beel an oxbow lake?
It is an oxbow lake located 10 km southwest of Guwahati city [90°36’39”-90°41’25” E, 26°03’26”-26°09’26” N; Area: 41 SQ km (4000 ha of water spread), 53m above Mean Sea Level] measuring a maximum depth of 4m and averaging a depth of 1m (refer to Fig 1 for snapshot of Deepor Beel).
Which is the largest wetland of Assam?
Son Beel
The beautiful and mesmerizing lake, Son Beel also called as Shon Bill is the second largest seasonal wetland in Asia and the largest wetland in Assam.
What is the meaning of beel?
What is Deepor Beel in Assam?
Deepor Beel (Beel means wetland or large aquatic body in Assamese) located about 10 km southwest of Guwahati city is considered as one of the large and important riverine wetlands in the Brahmaputra valley of lower Assam, India. Deepor Beel is an open lake basin connected with a set of inflow and out flow channels.
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