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Land & Water
Wetlands of Sikkim
Sikkim , a small state in the Eastern Himalayas has only natural inland wetlands belonging to the category lakes/ponds. The state has 227 high altitude lakes (wetlands) which are basically small and shallow. M ost of it are fed by glaciers and considered sacred. The lakes are popularly called as Chhokha or Tso or Chhona (in Bhutia), Chho (in Lepcha) and Pokhari or Jheel or Tal (in Nepali)..... Read More

Distribution of Wetland in Sikkim
Wetland Category
Wetland Class
No. of Wetlands
Wetland Area (ha)
Water Spread (ha)
Post-M
Pre-M
Natural

<2.25 ha

Lake/Pond

-

160

67

1985.00

-

1985.00

-

1749.50

-

Total  
227
1985.00
1985.00
1749.50
Source : - Wetlands of India, Nation-wide Wetland Mapping Project, sponsored by MoEF, Space Application Centre (ISRO, Ahmedabad – June 1998)

Note : Number of Wetlands frozen in Pre-monsoon 69
M = Monsoon

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