Explanation: The Deepor Beel Wildlife Sanctuary, in the Kamrup district of the lower Brahmaputra valley, is a perennial freshwater lake just outside Guwahati, Assam. It is the state’s only Ramsar site.

• The Ramsar Convention on wetlands conservation is an international treaty signed in 1971 named after Ramsar in Iran.
• The Deepor Beel is also the only central storm-water storage basin for Guwahati and is well-known locally as a tourist spot.

Source: FORUMIAS