Wetlands
Wetlands refers to complex ecosystems
encompassing a wide range of inland
,coastal, and marine habitats such as flood plains ,swamps, marshy lands, tidal
marshes ,deltas, glacier fed lands etc.
However the characteristics of both dry and wet environment
are different based on their origin, geographical location, and hydro logical regime and substrate factors
Wetlands provides suitable habitat for migratory
bird and animals, endemic plants, insects and invertebrates, primates
(monkeys), waddle (duck) .
Wetlands are important for economic reasons; water
from wetland is used for irrigation, agriculture, aquaculture, water for
drinking after purification. It also recharges ground water, waterfall is used
for tourism, Lake, Pond also attracts tourists.
India’s wetlands occur in the cold arid zone of
ladakh , wet humid climate of imphal
,tropical monsoon central India and wet humid zone of southern peninsula .
Most of the wetlands are linked directly or
indirectly with the major river system such as ganga ,Brahmputra ,Narmada ,Godavari ,Krishna and
Kaveri .
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