Question

Which of the following lakes of Maharashtra has been included in the list of Ramsar Sites in November 2020?
1. Vihar
2. Venna
3. Rankala
4. Lonar

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 4 : Lonar

The correct answer is Lonar.

• Lonar Lake is a National Geo-heritage Monument, soda lake located at Lonar in Buldhana district of Maharashtra.
  • Lonar Lake is also known as Lonar crater.
  • It is one of the four known, hyper-velocity, impact craters in basaltic rock anywhere on Earth (The other three are in southern Brazil).
  • It was declared a protected Ramsar site on 13th November 2020.

• India added five wetlands to the list of Wetlands of International Importance under Ramsar Convention in 2020.
• The recent additions to the List of Wetlands of International Importance under the Ramsar Convention from India are:
  1. Asan Conservation Reserve in Uttarakhand.
  2. Kabar Taal Lake in Bihar.
  3. Sur Sarovar in Agra district of Uttar Pradesh.
  4. Lonar in Buldhana district of Maharashtra.
  5. Tso Kar in Ladakh

• Vihar Lake is located on the banks of the Mithi River in North Mumbai, Maharashtra.
• Venna Lake is located at Mahabaleshwar in Maharashtra.
• Rankala Lake is a freshwater lake located in Maharashtra.

• As of August 2021, There are 46 Ramsar sites in India.
• Four new Ramsar sites were added in 2021 from India:
  1. Thol in Gujarat.
  2. Wadhwana in Gujarat.
  3. Sultanpur in Haryana.
  4. Bhindawas in Haryana.