Keoladeo National Park

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Keoladeo National Park

  • Country: 
    India
  • Site number: 
    230
  • Area: 
    2,873 ha
  • Designation date: 
    01-10-1981
  • Coordinates: 
    27°12'N 77°31'E
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Overview

Keoladeo National Park. 01/10/81; Rajasthan; 2,873 ha; 27°13'N 077°32'E. Added to the Montreux Record, 4 July 1990. World Heritage Site; National Park; Bird Sanctuary. A complex of ten artificial, seasonal lagoons, varying in size, situated in a densely populated region. Vegetation is a mosaic of scrub and open grassland that provides habitat for breeding, wintering and staging migratory birds. Also supported are five species of ungulates, four species of cats, and two species of primates, as well as diverse plants, fish and reptiles. The canal provides water for agriculture and domestic consumption. Cattle and water buffalo graze on the site. A field research station exists. Placed on the Montreux Record in 1990 due to "water shortage and an unbalanced grazing regime". Additionally, the invasive growth of the grass Paspalum distichum has changed the ecological character of large areas of the site, reducing its suitability for certain waterbird species, notably the Siberian crane. Subject of Ramsar Advisory Missions in 1988 and 1990. Ramsar site no. 230.

Administrative region: 
Rajasthan

  • Global international designation: 
    • World Heritage site
  • National legal designation: 
    • bird sanctuary
    • national park
  • Last publication date: 
    01-10-1981

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