Hokersar Wetland : In News
Lack of water due to excess deficit rainfall at the Hokersar wetland in the Kashmir Valley in recent years has impacted the arrival of migratory bird populations in the region.
- Hokersar Wetland is known as the ‘Queen Wetland of Kashmir’, Hokersar (also known as Hokera) is a designated Ramsar site located in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir.
- It is a natural perennial wetland contiguous to the Jhelum basin.
- It gets water from the Doodhganga River (Tributary of Jhelum).
- It is located in the northwest Himalayan biogeographic province of Kashmir, back of the snow-draped Pir Panchal.
- It is an important source of food, spawning ground and nursery for fishes, besides offering feeding and breeding ground to a variety of water birds.
