Which of the following is are wetland regions of India 1 Saline expanses of Gulf of Kachchh 2 ...........

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Which of the following is/are wetland regions of India?

1. Saline expanses of Gulf of Kachchh

2. Lakes montane region Ladakh

3. Freshwater marshes of the Gangetic Plain

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Only 1

Only 1 and 2

Only 1 and 3

1, 2 and 3

The country’s wetlands have been grouped into eight categories, viz.

(i) the reservoirs of the Deccan Plateau in the south together with the lagoons and other wetlands of the southern west coast;

(ii) the vast saline expanses of Rajasthan, Gujarat and the Gulf of Kachchh;

(iii) freshwater lakes and reservoirs from Gujarat eastwards through Rajasthan (Keoladeo National Park) and Madhya Pradesh;

(iv) the delta wetlands and lagoons of India’s east coast (Chilika Lake);

(v) the freshwater marshes of the Gangetic Plain;

(vi) the floodplains of the Brahmaputra; the marshes and swamps in the hills of northeast India and the Himalayan foothills;

(vii) the lakes and rivers of the montane region of Kashmir and Ladakh; and

(viii) the mangrove forest and other wetlands of the island arcs of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

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