The Shallabugh Wetland is located in

Shallabugh Shallabugh is a tourist village in Sherpathri, a block of Tullamulla tehsil of Central Kashmir's Ganderbal district in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, India. Location Shallabugh village is considered Sherpathri's largest village ...

Sherpathri area of district

Ganderbal Ganderbal ( ; ) is a city and the headquarters of Ganderbal district in the Indian-administered union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, in disputed Kashmir region. Ganderbal, renowned for its natural beauty and picturesque scenery, has popular ...

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. The Shallabugh Wetland, which spreads over , is a designated

bird sanctuary An animal sanctuary is a facility where animals are brought to live and to be protected for the rest of their lives. In addition, sanctuaries are an experimental staging ground for transformative human–animal relations. There are five types of ...

Geography

Shallabugh

Wetland A wetland is a distinct semi-aquatic ecosystem whose groundcovers are flooded or saturated in water, either permanently, for years or decades, or only seasonally. Flooding results in oxygen-poor ( anoxic) processes taking place, especially ...

Conservation Reserve is located to

Anchar Lake Anchar Lake ( ; ) ; ) is a lake located in Soura in the Srinagar district of the Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir. Situated close to Ganderbal, the lake is connected with the famous Dal Lake via a channel, "Amir Khan Nallah," which pas ...

, which is located at the west end of the Sindh river delta and plays an essential role in the local

aquatic ecosystems An aquatic ecosystem is an ecosystem found in and around a body of water, in contrast to land-based terrestrial ecosystems. Aquatic ecosystems contain communities of organisms—aquatic life—that are dependent on each other and on their environm ...

by relying on diverse water sources., it forms a significant habitat for diverse bird species. Together with the nearby Ramsar Site Hosker Wetland, these areas create an important ecological landscape. The

wetland A wetland is a distinct semi-aquatic ecosystem whose groundcovers are flooded or saturated in water, either permanently, for years or decades, or only seasonally. Flooding results in oxygen-poor ( anoxic) processes taking place, especially ...

serves as a crucial resource for the local community. It support fisheries, provides clean water, manages flooding, and is a carbon sink. However, it faces a pressing threat in the form of excessive siltation, endangering its unique ecological characteristics.

References

{{reflist Ganderbal district Nature conservation in India