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The mighty Brahmaputra River, considered to be the only masculine river of the Indian subcontinent, literally runs through the state of Assam causing havoc with regular floods during the monsoon seasons year after year. Due to this fact a unique and peculiar eco-system has been generated within these perpetually wetland regions featuring numerous forests, lakes, ponds and waterfalls. Brahmaputra River along with its tributaries is the main lifeline of this northeast Indian state around which the entire geographical and cultural environment of Assam has historically thrived and evolved. With over 690 lakes and ponds recorded within the state, Assam is an unmatched biodiversity hotspot. |
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Located at a distance of 13-kilometers to the southwest of Guwahati City, Deepor Beel is a permanent freshwater lake formed in a former channel of the Brahmaputra River. Situated on the southern side of the main river, Deepor Beel is listed as a Ramsar Site under the Ramsar Wetland Convention attracting conservation measures which have now been undertaken on the basis of its biological and environmental importance. Recognized as one of the largest lakes in the Brahmaputra valley of Lower Assam.
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This is a shallow freshwater lake with abundant aquatic vegetation spread across the floodplains on the northern bank of Brahmaputra River in Lower Assam. Spread over a 1,700 hectare area, the western edge of Sareswar Beel borders the Rupshi and Bamunijoia Reserved Forest regions. With small scattered villages along the lake periphery, the southern, eastern and western margins comprise of rice-fields cultivated by local residents. The Sareswar Beel is about 4-meters deep during maximum flooding, and which falls to about one meter during the dry winter season.
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