Geography and Environment

Assam State General Knowledge (GK)

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_____________ is one of the largest freshwater lakes in Assam and the State’s only Ramsar site besides being an Important Bird Area?

Deepar Beel Wildlife Sanctuary

Burachapori Wildlife Sanctuary

Chakrasila Wildlife Sanctuary

Laokhowa Wildlife Sanctuary

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Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has notified the eco-sensitive zone of the Deepar Beel Wildlife Sanctuary on the south-western edge of Guwahati. The notification specified an area “to an extent varying from 294 metres to 16.32 km” as the eco-sensitive zone, with the total area being 148.9767 sq. km.Deepar Beel is one of the largest freshwater lakes in Assam and the State’s only Ramsar site besides being an Important Bird Area. It is a permanent freshwater lake, in a former channel of the Brahmaputra River, to the south of the main river.

By: ASRAF UDDIN AHMED

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