Ramsar Sites 2022

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👉 No. of Ramsar Sites in India – 75 Complete List
👉 Ansupa & Tampara Lake – Odisha Top MCQ
👉 Maximum in which State – Tamil Nadu
👉 1st Ramsar Site of India – Chilka Lake
👉 Ramsar Convention was Signed – 1971
 Imp Facts

• India adds 11 more wetlands to the list of Ramsar sites to make

total 75 Ramsar sites covering an area of 13,26,677 ha in the
country in the 75th year of Independence.
• The 11 new sites include : 4 sites in Tamil Nadu, 3 in Odisha, 2 in
Jammu & Kashmir and 1 each in Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra.
• Designation of these sites would help in conservation and
management of wetlands and wise use of their resources.
• India is one of the Contracting Parties to Ramsar Convention,
signed in Ramsar, Iran, in 1971.
 Imp Facts
• India signed it on 1st Feb 1982.
• During 1982 to 2013, a total of 26 sites were added to the list of
Ramsar sites, however, during 2014 to 2022, the country has added 49
new wetlands to the list of Ramsar sites.
• During this year itself (2022) a total of 28 sites have been declared as
Ramsar sites.
• Based on the date of designation mentioned on Ramsar Certificate,
the number is 19 for this year (2022) and 14 for previous year (2021).
• Tamil Nadu has maximum no. of Ramsar sites (14), followed by UP
which has 10 of Ramsar sites.
 Ramsar Sites in Tamilnadu
1. Chitrangudi Bird Sanctuary
2. Suchindram Theroor Wetland Complex
3. Vaduvur Bird Sanctuary 10. Point Calimere Wildlife and

4. Kanjirankulam Bird Sanctuary Bird Sanctuary

5. Gulf of Mannar Marine Biosphere 11. Udhayamarthandapuram Bird

Reserve Sanctuary

6. Karikili Bird Sanctuary 12. Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary

7. Koonthankulam Bird Sanctuary 13. Vellode Bird Sanctuary

8. Pallikaranai Marsh Reserve Forest 14. Vembannur Wetland Complex

9. Pichavaram Mangrove
 Ramsar Sites in J & K
Ramsar Sites in Odisha
1. Hygam Wetland Conservation
1. Tampara Lake
Reserve
2. Hirakud Reservoir
2. Shallbugh Wetland Conservation
3. Ansupa Lake
Reserve

Ramsar Sites in Maharashtra Ramsar Sites in MP

1. Thane Creek 1. Yashwant Sagar

 Recently Declared (26 July 2022)

• Pallikaranai Marsh Reserve Forest Tamil Nadu,

• Kaikill Bird Sanctuary Tamil Nadu,
• Pichavaram Mangrove Tamil Nadu,
• Sakhya Sagar, Madhya Pradesh
• Pala wetland, Mizoram.
 Recently Declared (4th Aug 2022)

• Vellode Bird Sanctuary, Tamil Nadu

• Koonthankulam BS, Tamil Nadu
• Vedanthangal BS, Tamil Nadu
• Udhayamarthandapuram BS, Tamil Nadu
• Vembannur Wetland Complex, Tamil Nadu
• Gulf of Mannar Marine Biosphere Reserve, Tamil Nadu
• Sirpur wetland, Madhya Pradesh
• Nanda Lake, Goa
• Satkosia Gorge, Odisha
• Ranganathituu Bird Sanctuary, Karnataka
 Recently Declared
• Two new Ramsar sites (Wetlands of International Importance)
were announced by Minister for Environment, Forest and
Climate Change, Shri Bhupender Yadav on World Wetlands
Day 2022.
• Thus increasing the total number of Ramsar sites to 49.
• The two new Ramsar sites are :
• Khijadia Wildlife Sanctuary (Gujarat)
• Bakhira Wildlife Sanctuary (Uttar Pradesh)
• These are the 48th and 49th Ramsar sites of India.
• Tso Kar Wetland, Ladakh (42nd Ramsar Site)

• Four sites have been added to the list of Ramsar Sites in

India in August 2021 :
1) Sultanpur National Park – Gurugram, Haryana
2) Bhindawas Wildlife Sanctuary – Jhajjar, Haryana
3) Thol Lake Wildlife Sanctuary – Near Ahmedabad, Gujarat
4) Wadhvana Wetland – Vadodara, Gujarat

• Haiderpur Wetland in Uttar Pradesh has been added as the 47th

Ramsar Site in December 2021.
• 2nd February 2021 marked the 50th anniversary of the
Ramsar Convention
• Ramsar Convention - Ramsar Convention is known as the
Convention of Wetlands.
• It was established in 1971 by UNESCO and came into force in
1975.
• India signed under it on 1st February 1982.
Q..
Ramsar Convention is related to which of the following ?
रामसर कन्वेंशन ननम्ननिखित में से नकससे संबंनित है ?

a) Land covered only by rain water

b) Slow moving water covered ground
c) Water-soaked land
d) Rapidly flowing water covers the wet ground

Option : C
Q..
Which state in India has the most number of Ramsar sites ?
भारत के नकस राज्य में सबसे अनिक रामसर स्थि हैं ?

a) Tamil Nadu
b) Uttar Pradesh • Tamilnadu (14)
c) Karnataka • Uttar Pradesh (10)

d) Rajasthan

Option : A
Q..
Which one the largest Ramsar site in India by area ?
क्षेत्रफि के अनुसार भारत का सबसे बडा रामसर स्थि कौन सा है ?

a) Chilka Lake
• Chilika Lake is the largest
b) Sundarbans Ramsar Site of India with
c) Sultanpur NP a surface area of 1,16,500
hectares.
d) Wadhvana Wetland

Option : B
Q..
Which one the Smallest Ramsar site in India by area ?
क्षेत्रफि के अनुसार भारत का सबसे छोटा रामसर स्थि कौन सा है ?

a) Chandra Tal
b) Lonar Lake • It is also the Smallest Ramsar
Site in the World.
c) Wular Lake • Renuka Wetland : Himachal
Pradesh
d) Renuka Wetlands

Option : D
Q..
Which one of the following lakes of Odisha has been included
in the list of Ramsar sites in August 2022 ?
अगस्त 2022 में ओनिशा की ननम्ननिखित में से नकस झीि को रामसर
स्थिों की सूची में शानमि नकया गया है ?

a) Ansupa Lake • The Pantanal is the largest

freshwater wetland on Earth,
b) Tampara Lake spanning an area of about 40
c) Chilka Lake million acres (160000 km²). It
has been recognized by
d) Both A & B UNESCO as a Biosphere
Reserve and World Heritage
Site.
Option : D
Q..
Which of the following Ramsar site is not located in Tamil Nadu ?
ननम्ननिखित में से कौन-सा रामसर स्थि तनमिनािु में खस्थत नही ं है ?

a) Vellode Bird Sanctuary

b) Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary • Ranganathituu Bird
Sanctuary : Karnataka
c) Koonthankulam Bird Sanctuary
d) Ranganathituu Bird Sanctuary

Option : D
Q..
Which of the following is an incorrect pair with respect to
wetland and their location ?
आर्द्रभूनम और उनके स्थान के संबंि में ननम्ननिखित में से कौन सा जोडा
गित है ?
a) Pala Wetland – Mizoram
b) Nanda Lake – Goa • Yashwant Sagar - MP
c) Satkosia Gorge – Odisha
d) Yashwant Sagar – Gujarat

Option : D
Q.

Tso Kar wetland is in which region of India

त्सो कार आर्द्रभूनम भारत के नकस क्षेत्र में है

a) Sikkim • India has added Tso Kar Wetland

b) Manipur Complex in Ladakh as its 42nd
Ramsar site, which is a second
c) Ladakh one in the Union Territory (UT)
of Ladakh.
d) Jammu Kashmir
Option : C
Q.
Which of the following is an incorrect pair with respect
to wetland and their location ?
आर्द्रभूनम और उनके स्थान के संबंि में ननम्ननिखित में से कौन सा
जोडा गित है ?
a) Haiderpur – UP
b) Bakhira – Gujarat • Bakhira Wildlife
Sanctuary - UP
c) Wadhvana – Gujarat
d) Bhindawas – Haryana Option : B
Q.
Pong Dam Lake which is a Ramsar site in India is located in
which state ?
पोंग बांि झीि भारत का एक रामसर स्थि है, नकस राज्य में खस्थत है ?

a) Ladakh
b) Rajasthan
c) Sikkim
d) Himachal Pradesh
Option : D
Q..
Bhoj Wetland also known as Bhojtal is located in which
state in India ?
भोज आर्द्रभूनम, नजसे भोजताि के नाम से भी जाना जाता है, भारत
के नकस राज्य में खस्थत है ?

a) Uttar Pradesh
b) Madhya Pradesh
c) Karnataka
d) Tamilnadu
Option : B
Q..
Which state's Kanwar Lake or Kabal Taal has been
declared as Ramsar site in the year 2020 ?
वर्र 2020 में नकस राज्य की कांवर झीि या कबाि ताि को रामसर
स्थि घोनर्त नकया गया है ?

a) Bihar
• Kabar Taal Lake or Kabartal
b) Odisha Wetland located in Begusarai
district of Bihar.
c) Manipur
d) West Bengal
Option : A
Q.

In which year the Ramsar Convention was signed ?

रामसर कन्वेंशन पर नकस वर्र हस्ताक्षर नकए गए थे ?

a) 1970
b) 1965 - 2 February 1971

c) 1971
d) 1981
Option : C
Q..
In which year the Ramsar Covention was come in
force in India?
भारत में रामसर संनि नकस वर्र िागू हुई थी ?

a) 1971
b) 1972
c) 1975
d) 1982
Option : D
Q..
Which country has the most number of Ramsar
Wetland Sites in the world?
नवश्व में सबसे अनिक रामसर आर्द्रभूनम स्थि नकस दे श में हैं?

a) United States
• The United Kingdom has
b) Russia the world's largest
number of Ramsar Sites
c) China i.e. 175.
d) United Kingdom
Option : D
Q..

Which of the following is the largest wetland in the world?

ननम्ननिखित में से कौन नवश्व की सबसे बडी आर्द्रभूनम है?

a) Pantanal Wetland • In Brazil

• The Pantanal is the largest
b) Chilka lake freshwater wetland on Earth,
spanning an area of about 40
c) Ashtamudi lake million acres (160000 km²).
• It has been recognized by UNESCO
d) Sunderbans as a Biosphere Reserve and World
Heritage Site.
Option : A
Q.
Which one is the first Ramsar Site of India?
भारत का प्रथम रामसर स्थि कौन सा है?

a) Chilka lake
b) Sundarbans
c) Ashtamudi wetland
d) Deepor beel
Option : A
 Question for You

When is World Wetlands Day observed every year ?

प्रनतवर्र नवश्व आर्द्रभूनम नदवस कब मनाया जाता है ?

a) 2 January
b) 2 February
c) 4 March
d) 4 April

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