Subject: Environment
Tso Kar Wetland Complex
√India has added Tso Kar Wetland Complex in Ladakh as its 42nd Ramsar site.
√It is also a second one in the Union Territory (UT) of Ladakh.
√The Tso Kar Basin is a high-altitude wetland complex.
√It consists of two principal waterbodies, Startsapuk Tso, a freshwater lake and Tso Kar itself, a hypersaline lake situated in the Changthang region of Ladakh.
√It is called Tso Kar, meaning white lake, because of the white salt efflorescence found on the margins due to the evaporation of highly saline water.
√The site is also one of the most important breeding areas of the Black-necked Crane (Grus nigricollis) in India.
√Tso Moriri or Lake Moriri or “Mountain Lake”, is a lake in the Changthang Plateau in Ladakh.
√It was notified in 2002 under the List of Ramsar Wetland sites under the Ramsar Convention.
*The Ramsar Convention
√It was signed on 2nd February, 1971.
√It is one of the oldest inter-governmental accords signed by member countries.
√Objective: To preserve the ecological character of their wetlands of international importance.
√It is named after Ramsar, the Iranian city where the treaty was signed.
?focus area for prelims 2021:
√Tso kar wetland and its characteristics
√ Tsomorori lake
√ ramsar convention
√ Black necked crane
#GALLANT IAS
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