Bihar’s Gogabeel Lake – 94th Ramsar Site of India:
Gogabeel Lake in Katihar district, Bihar, has been officially added to the list of Ramsar Sites, becoming India’s 94th Wetland of International Importance under the Ramsar Convention. Gogabeel is a natural oxbow lake—a crescent-shaped waterbody formed by the meandering of rivers—located between the Ganga and Mahananda rivers in Katihar district, Bihar. It acts as a seasonal floodplain connecting both rivers during high water levels.
Location and formation: Formed from the flow of Mahananda and Kankhar rivers in the north and Ganga in the south and east. Spread over 57 hectares as a Community Reserve and 30 hectares as a Conservation Reserve. Declared Bihar’s first Community Reserve in 2019 under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
