Keoladeo NP
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Overview
Keoladeo at Bharatpur, Rajasthan, is a bird sanctuary, national park and World Heritage Site. With Chilika, it was among India's first Ramsar sites (1981). It is on the Montreux Record, along with Loktak.
It is in Bharatpur district and covers about 29 sq km.
More than 350 bird species have been recorded here.
It is a Ramsar site and a World Heritage Site (1985).
The park was a hunting reserve for the Maharajas of Bharatpur.
It became a bird sanctuary in 1956.
The park's water depends on the Ajan bund and Govardhan drain.
It is now on the Montreux Record, a list of threatened wetlands.
Geography and key facts
- Bharatpur, Rajasthan
- First Ramsar sites, 1981
- Montreux Record
- Bharatpur
- 350+ bird species
- Ramsar & WHS
Why it matters for UPSC
Asked on Ramsar facts.
Note for UPSC
Rajasthan (Bharatpur); a bird sanctuary, Ramsar site and World Heritage Site.
Prelims often asks park–state pairs, the rivers flowing through a park and its flagship species.
Asked in PYQs
No question in our Prelims bank names Keoladeo NP yet.
Key facts
- Type
- National park / tiger reserve
- State / UT
- Rajasthan
- Coordinates
- 27.167°N, 77.517°E
From the Map Explorer data; positions are for orientation.
In the lessons
- Climate, Soils and Natural Vegetation (map lesson)
- Natural Vegetation and Biogeography of India (map lesson)
- Ecology, Biodiversity and Protected Areas (map lesson)
- Wildlife Conservation: Protected Areas, Laws and Species Projects (map lesson)
- Biodiversity: Levels, Hotspots, Threats and Global Frameworks (map lesson)
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