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Wular Lake
Wular Lake (), also known as Wolar () in Kashmiri language, Kashmiri, is one of the largest fresh water, freshwater lakes in the Indian subcontinent. It is located near Bandipore, Bandipora town in the Bandipora district of Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), Jammu and Kashmir, India. The lake basin was formed as a result of tectonic activity and is fed by the Jhelum River and the streams Madhumati and Arin. The lake's size varies seasonally from 30 to 189 square kilometres. In addition, much of the lake has been drained as a result of willow plantations being built on the shore in the 1950s. Background Etymology In ancient times, Wular Lake was also called Mahapadmasar (Sanskrit: महापद्मसरः). Nilamata Purana also mentions it as ''Mahapadmasaras''. The lake, with its big dimensions and the extent of water, gives rise to high leaping waves in the afternoons, called Ullola in Sanskrit, meaning "stormy leaping, high rising waves". Therefore, it was also c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wular Lake1
Wular Lake (), also known as Wolar () in Kashmiri, is one of the largest freshwater lakes in the Indian subcontinent. It is located near Bandipora town in the Bandipora district of Jammu and Kashmir, India. The lake basin was formed as a result of tectonic activity and is fed by the Jhelum River and the streams Madhumati and Arin. The lake's size varies seasonally from 30 to 189 square kilometres. In addition, much of the lake has been drained as a result of willow plantations being built on the shore in the 1950s. Background Etymology In ancient times, Wular Lake was also called Mahapadmasar (Sanskrit: महापद्मसरः). Nilamata Purana also mentions it as ''Mahapadmasaras''. The lake, with its big dimensions and the extent of water, gives rise to high leaping waves in the afternoons, called Ullola in Sanskrit, meaning "stormy leaping, high rising waves". Therefore, it was also called ''Ullola''. It is believed to have gotten corrupted over the centuries t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bandipora
Bandipore () or Bandipora ( ; ) is the headquarters of district of Bandipore in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is located on the northern banks of Wullar Lake—the second-largest freshwater lake in Asia. From baramulla the gateway of bandipora is Kehnusa where bandipora starts The kehnusa village has its two parts on the banks of wular zurimanz and Bangladesh the new tourist attraction.From kehnusa to Bandipora the distanceis 15 km.Also second highest mountain peak of Kashmir Valley Mt Harmukh is in Bandipora. Bandipora has a terraced garden similar to that of Nishat Bagh in Srinagar. Bandipora is bound by mountains on three sides and by Wular Lake on the fourth. As per folklore, the name of Bandipora originated either from Bund of Wular as ''Bund e pur'', from the local folk-singing bands (''bāṇd'') as ''Baand e pur'' or from the enclosed (''band'') geographical location as Bandh e pur. History In 1963, the town of Bandipore was gutted by a fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chirruh Snowtrout
The Chirruh snowtrout (''Schizothorax esocinus'') is a species of cyprinid fish found in the Himalyays in Pakistan, India, Afghanistan, Nepal and China. Biology Found mostly in mountain streams, rivers and gravel-bottomed rivers. They feed on bottom detritus and they migrate to spawn Spawn or spawning may refer to: * Spawning, the eggs and sperm of aquatic animals Arts, entertainment and media * Spawn (character), a fictional character in the comic series of the same name and in the associated franchise ** ''Spawn: Armageddon' ... in tributary streams where breeding occurs in gravel and sandy beds. References Schizothorax Fish of Asia Fish described in 1838 {{Schizothorax-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crossocheilus Latius
''Crossocheilus'', also known as the fringe barbs, flying foxes, or "algae eaters", is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is distributed in China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand in Asia. These fish occur in several types of habitat, often fast-flowing river A river is a natural stream of fresh water that flows on land or inside Subterranean river, caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river. A river may run dry before reaching the end of ...s with rocky bottoms. Species These are the currently recognized species in this genus: * '' Crossocheilus atrilimes'' Kottelat, 2000 * '' Crossocheilus cobitis'' ( Bleeker, 1854) * '' Crossocheilus elegans'' Kottelat & H. H. Tan, 2011 Kottelat, M. & Tan, H.H. (2011)''Crossocheilus elegans'', a new species of fish from northern Borneo (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). ''Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 59 (2): 195-199.'' * '' Crossocheilus gnathopogon'' M. C. W. Web ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schizopyge
Sattar snowtrout (''Schizopyge curvifrons'') is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae, the family which includes the carps, barbs and related fishes. It is the only species in the genus ''Schizopyge''. This genus is classified within the subfamily Schizothoracinae, the snow barbels. This species is found to the highlands of south-central Asia from Iran to China where it can be found in most types of freshwater habitats. This species can reach a length of TL and a weight of up to . It is important to local commercial fisheries Commercial fishing is the activity of catching fish and other seafood for commercial profit, mostly from wild fisheries. It provides a large quantity of food to many countries around the world, but those who practice it as an industry must often p .... References External links Photograph Schizothoracinae Fish described in 1838 Taxa named by Johann Jakob Heckel {{Schizothorax-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schizothorax
''Schizothorax'' is a genus of cyprinid fish found in southern and western China, through northern South Asia (Himalaya) and Central Asia, to Iran, with a single species, ''S. prophylax'', in Turkey.Yang, J.; J.X. Yang; and X.Y. Chen (2012). "A re-examination of the molecular phylogeny and biogeography of the genus ''Schizothorax'' (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) through enhanced sampling, with emphasis on the species in the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau, China". ''Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research'' 50(3). Coad, B.W.; and N.K.d. Ville (2004). "On the systematics and distribution of the snow trout ''Schizothorax pelzami'' Kessler, 1870, in Iran (Actinopterygii: Cyprinidae)". ''Zoology in the Middle East'' 32(1): 57-62. They are primarily found in highland rivers, streams and lakes, although a few species occur in lower-lying locations, like Lake Balkhash and lakes of the Sistan Basin.Coad, B.; and J. Hales (2008)"Helmand - Sistan" ''Freshwater Ecoregions of the Worl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sattar Snowtrout
Sattar snowtrout (''Schizopyge curvifrons'') is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae, the family which includes the carps, barbs and related fishes. It is the only species in the genus ''Schizopyge''. This genus is classified within the subfamily Schizothoracinae, the snow barbels. This species is found to the highlands of south-central Asia from Iran to China where it can be found in most types of freshwater habitats. This species can reach a length of TL and a weight of up to . It is important to local commercial fisheries Commercial fishing is the activity of catching fish and other seafood for commercial profit, mostly from wild fisheries. It provides a large quantity of food to many countries around the world, but those who practice it as an industry must often p .... References External links Photograph Schizothoracinae Fish described in 1838 Taxa named by Johann Jakob Heckel {{Schizothorax-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black-eared Kite
The black kite (''Milvus migrans'') is a medium-sized bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes many other diurnality, diurnal raptors. It is thought to be the world's most abundant species of Accipitridae, although some populations have experienced dramatic declines or fluctuations. Current global population estimates run up to 6.7 million individuals. Unlike others of the group, black kites are opportunistic hunters and are more likely to scavenge. They spend much time soaring and gliding in thermals in search of food. Their angled wing and distinctive forked tail make them easy to identify. They are also wikt:vociferous, vociferous with a shrill whinnying call. The black kite (bird), kite is widely distributed through the temperate and tropical parts of Eurasia and parts of Australasia and Oceania, with the temperate region populations tending to be migratory. Several subspecies are recognized and formerly had their own English names. The European populatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schizothorax Macropogon
''Schizothorax macropogon'' is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus ''Schizothorax'' which is known only from the upper Brahmaputra River in Tibet Tibet (; ''Böd''; ), or Greater Tibet, is a region in the western part of East Asia, covering much of the Tibetan Plateau and spanning about . It is the homeland of the Tibetan people. Also resident on the plateau are other ethnic groups s .... References macropogon Fish described in 1905 Taxa named by Charles Tate Regan {{Schizothorax-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chush Snowtrout
''Schizopyge niger'', the Alghad snowtrout, is a species of cyprinid freshwater fish that lives in cold lakes and nearby channels in the Kashmir region in India and Pakistan.Ashoktaru Barat; Rakesh Matura; Jyoti Sati; Rohit Kumar; Farroz A. Bhat; Chirag Goel; and Prabhati Kumari Sahoo (2013). Development and characterization of microsatellite markers in Schizopyge niger (Family: Cyprinidae, Pisces) from Kashmir Valley. Conservation Genetics Resources 5(3): 831–833. It reaches up to about in standard length. References niger Niger, officially the Republic of the Niger, is a landlocked country in West Africa. It is a unitary state Geography of Niger#Political geography, bordered by Libya to the Libya–Niger border, north-east, Chad to the Chad–Niger border, east ... Fish described in 1838 {{Barbinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
