Thanedar Wala

Thanedar Wala is a game reserve and wetland Ramsar site, located 15 km (9.3 mi) east of Lakki, Bannu District, North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan. Most of the area consists of a complex of braided river channels and sandy or muddy islands up to 4 km (2.5 mi) wide. The site covers 4,047 ha (10,000 acres). It supports wintering great egret, ruddy shelduck, common teal, mallard, northern shoveller, common pochard and ferruginous duck. Collared pratincole and little tern breed on the reserve.^[1]

Thanedar Wala was designated a Ramsar site on July 23, 1976. A monitoring mission in May 1990 recommended that it be retained on the Ramsar List.^[1]

References

1 2 "IWRB Ramsar Wetlands Information Sheet" (PDF). Retrieved 21 February 2013.

External links

Pakistan Wetlands programme

Protected areas of Pakistan

National parks	Ayub Ayubia Broghil Valley Central Karakoram Chinji Chitral Gol Deosai Hazarganji-Chiltan Hingol Khunjerab Kirthar Lal Suhanra Lulusar-Dodipat Machiara Margalla Hills Saiful Malook Shiekh Buddin Toli Pir

Wildlife sanctuaries	Astore Bajwat Baltistan Chashma Lake Cholistan Chumbi Surla Hab Dam Lehri Nature Park Naltar Nara Desert Runn of Kutch

Game reserves	Head Qadirabad Machiara

Protected wetlands	Astola Island Chashma Barrage Drigh Lake Great Rann of Kutch Haleji Lake Hawke's Bay Beach Hingol River Hub Dam Indus River Delta Jiwani Coastal Wetland Jubho Lagoon Keti Bandar Khanpur Dam Kinjhar Lake Miani Hor Lagoon Ormara Turtle Beaches Rasul Barrage Rawal Lake Sandspit Beach Tanda Dam Taunsa Barrage Thanedar Wala Uchhali Complex

Natural monuments	Bazar Caves Chandragup Chitarwata Formation Hingol Mud Volcano Kashmir Smast Paradise Point

Protected forests	Ziarat Juniper Forest Changa Manga Forest Chichawatni Plantation

Biosphere reserves	Lal Suhanra

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