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News: Jai Prakash Narayan Bird Sanctuary (Surha Tal) has been designated as India’s 100th Ramsar site.
About Surha Tal
- Location: It is the largest floodplain lake located in the Ballia District of eastern Uttar Pradesh.
- Official name: It is officially known as the Jai Prakash Narayan Bird Sanctuary.
- Type of lake: It is an open-type oval ‘U’-shaped ox-bow lake.
- River associated: It is a perennial and natural lake fed by the river Ganga.
- Flora and Fauna: It supports a rich diversity of species such as 221 plant species, 66 fish species and a few reptile and amphibian species.
- Notable fish found here include the vulnerable Wallago attu and Bagarius bagarius.
- It is also a feeding ground for the fishing cat (Prionailurus viverrinus)
- It attracts several migratory and resident bird species due to its rich avifaunal biodiversity.
- Avifauna: It provides habitat for over 310 bird species (including 125 waterbirds) and hosts up to 200,000 individual migratory birds during the winter.
- It falls on the Central Asian Flyway, through which migratory birds travel from Central Asia to the Indian subcontinent.
