Explanation:

• The male gharial has a distinctive boss at the end of the snout, which resembles an earthenware pot.
• Its IUCN status is Critically Endangered.
• Their Habitat foremost flowing rivers(i.e.fresh waters) with high sand banks that they use for basking and building nests. 
• Gharials once inhabited all the major river systems of the Indian Subcontinent, from the Irrawaddy River in the east to the Indus River in the west.  Their distribution is now limited to only 2% of their former range.
• Primary Habitat: Chambal river where the chambal originates at the Singar Chouri peak in the northern slopes of the Vindhya mountains (Indore, Madhya Pradesh). It joins the Yamuna River in Etawah District of UP.