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Lonar and Sur sarovar lake
November 19 , 2020
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- The Lonar Lake in Maharashtra and Sur Sarovar lake of Agra in Uttar Pradesh have been added to the Ramsar sites.
- The Lonar lake is the only crater lake in the country.
- The crater sits inside the Deccan Traps of the Deccan Plateau.
- Two small streams called Penganga and Purna drain into Lonar lake.
- The Lonar lake is usually green in colour due to the presence of Cyanobacteria.
- The lake in June 2020 turned pink.
- This was due to the presence of salt loving bacteria called haloarchea or halophilic archaea.
- These bacteria are associated with high salinity.
- The pink colour of the lake was not permanent.
- The Sur Sarovar lake is also called the Keetham lake.
- The Ramsar Convention was signed in 1971 at Iran by the UNESCO.
- With this inclusion of two wetlands, the total sites in India is 41.
- It is the highest in the South Asia region.
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