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Ropar Wetland (Ropar Lake)

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Ropar Wetland (Ropar Lake)
Ropar Wetland (Ropar Lake)
Ropar Wetland (Ropar Lake)
Ropar Wetland (Ropar Lake)
Ropar Wetland (Ropar Lake)
Ropar Wetland (Ropar Lake)
Ropar Wetland (Ropar Lake)
Ropar Wetland (Ropar Lake)
Ropar Wetland (Ropar Lake)
Ropar Wetland (Ropar Lake)
Ropar Wetland (Ropar Lake)
Ropar Wetland (Ropar Lake)
Ropar Wetland (Ropar Lake)
Ropar Wetland (Ropar Lake)
Ropar Wetland (Ropar Lake)
Ropar Wetland (Ropar Lake)
Ropar Wetland (Ropar Lake)
Ropar Wetland (Ropar Lake)
Ropar Wetland (Ropar Lake)
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Near Rupnagar city, Nawanshahr, India

Ropar Wetland, also named Ropar Lake, is a man-made freshwater riverine and lacustrine wetland. The area has at least 9 mammal, 154 bird , 35 fish, 9 arthropod, 11 rotifer, 9 crustacean and 10 protozoan species, making it biologically diverse. This important ecological zone is located in the Shivalik foothills of the Lower Himalayas and was created in 1952 on the Sutlej River, in the Punjab state of India, by building a head regulator to store and divert water for beneficial uses of irrigation, drinking and industrial water supply. The endangered turtle Chitra indica and the threatened snake Python molurus , as per IUCN Red List, are reported to be resident in the wetland. Considering the wetland’s diverse and rich biodiversity, Ramsar Convention has included Ropar Wetland as one of the Ramsar sites among the 26 sites listed under India, for the conservation of global biological diversity and for sustaining human life through the ecological and hydrological functions they perform.The wetland is a popular tourist attraction for bird watching and boating. A tourism complex called the ‘Pinccasia’ is located within the wetland boundary, which is run by the Punjab Tourism Development Corporation. A boat club is also functioning.
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