Ramsar Sites

Total Ramsar Sites in the World

2,500

Total Ramsar Sites in India

75

World’s First Ramsar Site

The Cobourg Peninsula in Australia

Country  with the maximum number of Ramsar Sites

United Kingdom (175)

Country with the maximum area as Ramsar Site

Bolivia

Largest Ramsar site in India

Sunderban (West Bengal)

Oldest Ramsar sites in India

Chilka Lake and Keoladeo Ghana National Park

Criteria 1

It is a rare or unique example of a natural or near-natural type in its region

Criteria 2

It supports vulnerable or endangered species or threatened ecological communities.

Criteria 3

It sustains plant and/or animal species crucial for the biological diversity of a specific region.

Criteria 4

It provides support during critical life stages for certain plant and/or animal species.

Criteria 5

It regularly hosts 20,000 or more waterbirds.

Criteria 6

It supports 1% of the individuals in a population of one species or subspecies of waterbird.

Criteria 7

It supports a significant proportion of indigenous fish subspecies

Criteria 8

It is an important source of food for fishes, spawning ground, nursery, and/or migration path on which fish stocks depend

Criteria 9

It regularly supports 1% of the individuals in a population of a non-avian wetland-dependent species.

State

Total Sites

Ramsar Sites

Tamil Nadu

14

Chitrangudi Bird Sanctuary, Gulf of Mannar Marine Biosphere Reserve, Kanjirankulam Bird Sanctuary, Karikili Bird Sanctuary, Koonthankulam Bird Sanctuary, Pallikaranai Marsh Reserve Forest, Pichavaram Mangrove, Point Calimere Wildlife Sanctuary, Suchindram Theroor Wetland Complex, Udhayamarthandapuram Bird Sanctuary, Vaduvur Bird Sanctuary, Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary, Vellode Bird Sanctuary, Vembannur Wetland Complex

Uttar Pradesh

10

Bakhira Wildlife Sanctuary, Haiderpur Wetland, Nawabganj Bird Sanctuary, Parvati Arga Bird Sanctuary, Saman Bird Sanctuary, Samaspur Bird Sanctuary, Sandi Bird Sanctuary, Sarsai Nawar Jheel, Sur Sarovar (Keetham Lake), Upper Ganga River (Brijghat to Narora)

Odisha

6

Ansupa Lake, Bhitarkanika Mangroves, Chilika Lake, Hirakud Reservoir, Satkosia Gorge, Tampara Lake

Punjab

6

Beas Conservation Reserve, Harike Wetland, Kanjli Wetland, Keshopur-Miani Conservation Reserve, Nangal Wildlife Sanctuary, Ropar Wetland

UT of JK

5

Hokera Wetland, Hygam Wetland Conservation Reserve, Shallbugh Wetland Conservation Reserve, Surinsar-Mansar Lakes, Wular Lake

Gujarat

4

Khijadia Wildlife Sanctuary, Nalsarovar Bird Sanctuary, Thol Lake, Wadhvana Wetland

Madhya Pradesh

4

Bhoj Wetland, Sakhya Sagar, Sirpur Wetland, Yashwant Sagar

Kerala

3

Ashtamudi Wetland, Sasthamkotta Lake, Vembanad-Kol Wetland

Himachal Pradesh

3

Chandra Taal, Pong Dam Lake, Renuka Lake

Maharashtra

3

Lonar Lake, Nandur Madhameshwar, Thane Creek

West Bengal

2

East Kolkata Wetlands, Sundarbans Wetland

Rajasthan

2

Keoladeo National Park, Sambhar Lake

UT of Ladakh

2

Tso Kar (High Altitude Ramsar Site), Tsomoriri (High Altitude Ramsar Site)

Haryana

2

Bhindawas Wildlife Sanctuary, Sultanpur National Park

Andhra Pradesh

1

Kolleru Lake

Manipur

1

Loktak Lake

Assam

1

Deepor Beel

Bihar

1

Kanwar (Kabar) Taal

Mizoram

1

Pala Wetland

Karnataka

1

Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary

Uttarakhand

1

Asan Barrage

Tripura

1

Rudrasagar Lake

Goa

1

Nanda Lake