Ghodaghodi Tal

Ghodaghodi Tal

Location	Kailali, Nepal
Coordinates	28°41′00″N 80°56′45″E / 28.68333°N 80.94583°E / 28.68333; 80.94583Coordinates: 28°41′00″N 80°56′45″E / 28.68333°N 80.94583°E / 28.68333; 80.94583
Type	fresh water lake
Basin countries	Nepal

Max. length	1.83 km
Surface area	2,563 ha (6,330 acres)
Average depth	4 m
Surface elevation	205 m

Ramsar Wetland
Designated	13 August 2003

Ghodaghodi Tal is a Ramsar site in western Nepal. Established in August 2003 it covers an area of 2,563 ha (6,330 acres) in Kailali District at an altitude of 205 m (673 ft) on the lower slopes of the Siwalik Hills. This Ramsar site consists of a system of around 13 large and shallow oxbow lakes and ponds with associated marshes and meadows. It is surrounded by tropical deciduous forest and some streams along the periphery, which are separated by hillocks.^[1]

Flora

The lake has record of 388 vascular plants: five ptredophytes, 253 dicots, and 130 monocots.^[2]

Fauna

The forest and wetlands serve as a wildlife corridor between the Terai lowland and the Siwalik Hills. They support critically endangered and vulnerable species including Bengal tiger, smooth-coated otter, Eurasian otter, swamp deer, lesser adjutant stork, marsh crocodile, red-crowned roofed turtle and three-striped roofed turtle.^[1]

References

1 2 Bhuju, U. R., Shakya, P. R., Basnet, T. B., Shrestha, S. (2007). Nepal Biodiversity Resource Book. Protected Areas, Ramsar Sites, and World Heritage Sites. International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology, in cooperation with United Nations Environment Programme, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific. Kathmandu, ISBN 978-92-9115-033-5
↑ SUFFREC, 2013. The Initiation, Student Forum for Forestry and Environment Conservation, Kathmandu Forestry College, Kathmandu, Nepal ISSN 2091-0088

External links

The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands: The Annotated Ramsar List of Nepal

National Parks, Reserves and Ramsar Sites of Nepal

National parks	Banke Bardiya Chitwan Khaptad Langtang Makalu Barun Rara Sagarmatha Shey Phoksundo Shivapuri Nagarjun

Wildlife reserves	Koshi Tappu Parsa Shuklaphanta

Conservation areas	Annapurna Api Nampa Blackbuck Gaurishankar Kanchenjunga Manaslu

Hunting reserves	Dhorpatan

Ramsar sites	Bishazari Tal Ghodaghodi Tal Gokyo Lake Complex Gosaikunda Jagdishpur Reservoir Mai Pokhari Phoksundo Lake Rara Lake

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