The Deepor Beel Wildlife Sanctuary, in the Kamrup district of the lower Brahmaputra valley, is a perennial freshwater lake on the outskirts of Guwahati, Assam. The state's only Ramsar site (declared in 2002) and a well-known tourist spot, the Deepor Beel is also the only central storm-water storage basin for Guwahati. A Ramsar site is a wetland of international importance under the Ramsar Convention, an international treaty signed in 1971 in Ramsar in Iran.
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All About Deepor Beel, Assam's Only Ramsar Site
The 4.1-square kilometre wetlands of Deepor Beel, the state's only Ramsar site, has around 200 species of birds and 70 species of migratory birds
Pranay Jain
3 December 2023
A flock of Brahminy duck, or the Ruddy shelduck, take flight at the Deepor Beel Wildlife Sanctuary.
Photo: Credit www.shutterstock.com / Samsul Huda Patgiri
A flock of Brahminy duck, or the Ruddy shelduck, take flight at the Deepor Beel Wildlife Sanctuary.
Photo: Credit www.shutterstock.com / Samsul Huda Patgiri
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