Q. Consider the following pairs
:Wetland/Lake Location
1. Hokera Wetland Punjab
2. Renuka Wetland Himachal Pradesh
3. Rudrasagar Lake Tripura
4. Sasthamkotta Lake Tamil Nadu
How many pairs given above are correctly matched?
Option b is the correct answer.
Pair 1 is incorrectly matched. Hokera Wetland is located in Jammu and Kashmir, not Punjab. Hokera wetland is about 10 km from Srinagar. It is a natural perennial wetland contiguous to the Jhelum basin.
Pair 2 is correctly matched. Renuka Wetland is the largest natural lake in Himachal Pradesh..
It is a natural wetland with freshwater springs and inland subterranean karst formations, fed by a small stream flowing from the lower Himalayan out to the Giri river.
Pair 3 is correctly matched. Rudrasagar Lake, also known as Rudijala, is a lake located in Melaghar, Tripura.
The lake is designated as a Ramsar site. A lowland sedimentation reservoir in the northeast hills, fed by three perennial streams discharging to the River Gomti.
Pair 4 is incorrectly matched. Sasthamkotta is located in the Kollam district of Kerala, not Tamil Nadu. It is the largest freshwater lake in Kerala and has always been a centre of tourist activity.
Source:
https://rsis.ramsar.org/ris/1570
https://rsis.ramsar.org/ris/1212
https://www.keralatourism.org/destination/sasthamkotta-lake-kollam/40
https://rsis.ramsar.org/ris/1571
https://himcoste.hp.gov.in/Wetland%20Authority/Renuka%20Wetland/Renuka_Home.aspx
