{"id":356668,"date":"2026-02-24T14:39:58","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T09:09:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=356668"},"modified":"2026-02-24T14:39:58","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T09:09:58","slug":"kole-wetlands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/kole-wetlands\/","title":{"rendered":"Kole Wetlands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News: <\/strong>A scientific study at the Kole wetlands recorded 12 species of pygmy grasshoppers, including four species newly documented in the State.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>About Kole Wetlands<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 260px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Jeena-Srinivasan\/publication\/345307805\/figure\/fig1\/AS:954071389315072@1604479753097\/Location-map-of-the-Kole-wetland-in-Thrissur-Kerala.ppm\" alt=\" Kole wetland\" width=\"260\" height=\"440\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: ResearchGate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the<\/span><b> largest brackish, humid tropical wetland ecosystem on the southwest coast of India.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Location:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The Kole wetlands are <\/span><b>located in Kerala <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>spread over Thrissur and Malappuram districts.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Named after: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are named after \u201cKole\u201d, which <\/span><b>indicates a field that gives a bumper crop<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Malayalam.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Recognition<\/strong>&#8211; It was declared as a Ramsar site of international importance in 2002.<\/li>\n<li><b>Rivers associated: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The rivers that feed the wetlands include<\/span><b> Karuvannur, Kecheri and the Puzhakal.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Features:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Kole areas are<\/span><b> low-lying and have a central, narrow strip covering a long expanse<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, with many pockets running into cultivated land on either side.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The region<\/span><b> is naturally subject to saltwater intrusion,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and<\/span><b> during the monsoon, the entire region gets submerged <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">under water, which is cultivated by draining the water and by erecting bunds.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Wildlife:<\/strong> The wetlands have been<\/span><b> recognised as one of India&#8217;s Important Bird Areas<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by BirdLife International.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are<\/span><b> considered the third largest bird area in India <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">after Chilika Lake and Amipur Tank.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; border-style: solid; background-color: #f7f7f7;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<h2>About Pygmy grasshoppers<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Pygmy grasshoppers are <strong>small, ground-dwelling insects.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>They are<strong> typically associated with moist habitats. <\/strong><\/li>\n<li>They are <strong>highly sensitive to changes in microhabitat conditions and act as a valuable bio-indicators<\/strong> of wetland health.<\/li>\n<li>Pygmy grasshoppers are characterised by <strong>an extended pronotum that covers much of their body.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: A scientific study at the Kole wetlands recorded 12 species of pygmy grasshoppers, including four species newly documented in the State. About Kole Wetlands It is the largest brackish, humid tropical wetland ecosystem on the southwest coast of India. Location: The Kole wetlands are located in Kerala and spread over Thrissur and Malappuram districts.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/kole-wetlands\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Kole Wetlands<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,4182,12039],"tags":[11872,10498],"class_list":["post-356668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=356668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356668\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=356668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=356668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=356668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}