Punjab’s Harike wetland
Context: Water birds make a beeline to Punjab’s Harike wetland
- Winter migratory water birds using the central Asian flyway have started making a beeline to Punjab’s Harike wetland, offering a delight for bird lovers.
Central Asian flyway
- Every winter, the birds make their way to India through the central Asian flyway, which covers a large continental area of Europe-Asia between the Arctic and Indian Oceans.
Harike wetland
- The Harike wetland, one of the largest in northern India, is situated in Tarn Taran district of the Punjab state in India.
- It stands on the confluence of the the Beas and the Sutlej.
- It is home to birds visiting from as far as the Arctic and Siberia.
- It is one of the Ramasar sites in India, for conservation, development and preservation of the ecosystem.
- It is a man-made, riverine, lacustrine wetland.
- The wetland was declared a bird sanctuary in 1982 and named as Harike Pattan Bird Sanctuary.
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