Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Famous 3 Ramsar Sites in Himachal Pradesh (Lakes)

Famous 3 Ramsar Site/Lakes of Himachal Pradesh

Those lakes / wetlands which have fragile ecosystem, unique plant and animal diversities and migratory birds visitation have chances to get this status of known as Ramsar Site...

1. Chandratal Lake (also known as Moon Lake)

Chandra Tal Lake is situated at a height of 4300 m and 6 kms away from the Kunzum Pass in Spiti and Lahaul district of Himachal Pradesh India. Boasting of a circumference of about 2.5 kms, the deep blue-water of Chandra Tal Lake is the source of the Chandra river.




2. Pong Lake(also known as Maharana Pratap Lake)

Maharana Pratap Sagar, also known as Pong Dam Reservoir or Pong Dam Lake was created in 1975 building the highest earth fill dam in India on the Beas River in the wetland zone of the Shivalik Hills of the Kangra district of the state of Himachal Pradesh, in India.




3. Renuka Lake

Renuka lake is situated in the Sirmour district of Himachal Pradesh in India and it is 672 m above the sea level. Renuka Lake is located at a distance of 37 km from Nahan and 60 km from Paonta Sahib covering an area of 2.5 km.




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