- Nanjarayan Bird Sanctuary (Tamil Nadu)
- Nanjarayan Lake a large shallow wetland named after King Nanjarayan (who restored and repaired it).
- It depends on heavy rain water flow from Nallar drainage.
- Acts as feeding and nesting habitat for resident and migratory birds; water source for agricultural purpose.
- Kazhuveli Bird Sanctuary (Tamil Nadu)
- Brackish shallow lake located on Coromandel Coast in North of Pondicherry.
- Connected to Bay of Bengal by brackish Uppukalli creek and Yedayanthittu estuary.
- Lies in Central Asian Flyway of migratory species.
- Breeding ground for birds, fish; source for aquifer recharge; houses highly degraded mangrove patches containing Avicennia species
- Tawa Reservoir (Madhya Pradesh)
- Located inside Satpura Tiger Reserve and borders Satpura National Park and Bori Wildlife Sanctuary.
- Constructed at confluence of the Tawa and Denwa rivers.
- River Tawa (left bank tributary of Narmada River) originates from Mahadeo Hills.
- Rivers Malanni, Sonbhadra and Nagdwari are major tributaries of reservoir.
About Wetland
- An area of land that is saturated with water.
- Wetland must meet at least 1 of 9 criteria like regularly supports 20,000 or more water birds, or conserving biological diversity etc.
- Now, total Ramsar Sites in India is 85. Tamil Nadu has maximum Ramsar Sites.
