Explanation: The Aghanashini Estuary is an estuary where the Aghanashini River flows into the Arabian Sea in Karnataka State.

• In addition to its estuarine and shallow marine waters, it features rocky and pebble shores, intertidal mudflats and some aquaculture ponds and rice fields.
• These diverse environments provide habitats to more than 80 fish, 115 birds and 45 mangroves and mangrove-associated species, including globally threatened species such as halavi guitarfish (Glaucostegus halavi), lesser adjutant (Leptoptilos javanicus) and Indian river tern (Sterna aurantia).

Source: https://rsis.ramsar.org/ris/2534