List of Ramsar wetlands of international importance
India

List of Ramsar wetlands of international importance

Section Title: India
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Name	Area (ha)	Area (acre)

Ashtamudi Wetland A chain of brackish Kerala backwaters lagoons and lakes lying parallel to the Arabian Sea Malabar Coast of Kerala	61,400	152,000

Bhitarkanika Mangroves India's second largest mangrove are home of Olive Ridley Turtle in India's Odisha state in the Brahmani river and Baitarani river delta	65,000	160,000

Bhoj Wetland Consists of the two lakes, Bhojtal and Lower Lake, located in Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh state,	3,201	7,910

Chandra Taal Situated in the Spiti valley of the Lahul and Spiti district of Himachal Pradesh	49	120

Chilika Lake Spread over the Puri district, Khurda district and Ganjam districts of Odisha at the mouth of the Daya River, flows into the Bay of Bengal	116,500	288,000

Deepor Beel Assam	4,000	9,900

East Calcutta Wetlands	12,500	31,000

Harike Wetland	4,100	10,000

Hokera Wetland Located at the northwest Himalayan biogeopgraphic province of Kashmir, near the snow-draped Pir Panjal.	1,375	3,400

Kanjli Wetland	183	450

Keoladeo National Park	2,873	7,100

Kolleru Lake	90,100	223,000

Loktak Lake	26,600	66,000

Nal Sarovar Bird Sanctuary	12,000	30,000

Point Calimere Wildlife and Bird Sanctuary	38,500	95,000

Pong Dam Lake	15,662	38,700

Renuka Lake	20	49

Ropar Wetland	1,365	3,370

Rudrasagar Lake	240	590

Sambhar Lake	24,000	59,000

Sasthamkotta Lake	373	920

Sundarban Wetland	423,000	1,050,000

Surinsar-Mansar Lakes	350	860

Tsomoriri	12,000	30,000

Upper Ganga River	26,590	65,700

Vembanad-Kol Wetland	151,250	373,700

Wular Lake	18,900	47,000

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Kolleru Lake was declared a Ramsar wetland of international importance.

final_sentence: Kolleru Lake was declared a Ramsar wetland of international importance.