Ghodaghodi Lake area kailali, Nepal

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Home Gallery About Us Location Contact Us Globally, the important role of birds in providing ecosystem services, and their aesthetic, cultural, and biodiversity value face many threats. Many species face extinction as a result of habitat destruction, hunting, and pollution of air and water. More recently, the threat of global climate change as a result of anthropogenic carbon emissions places many species under additional pressure. Birds are present in almost every environment, and are highly visible and well known, making them excellent indicator species of environmental health, and as "umbrella' species for habitat conservation. Recognition of these factors has lead to the development of a system of "important Bird Areas" world wide, highlighting regions with special significance for bird conservation, through their biodiversity, uniqueness, or significance for migratory species. A total of 27 IBAs have

Ghodaghodi Lake Home Gallery About Us Location Contact Us Tower There is a view Tower from which you can see/capture all sides' view of  the Lake. People are used to go there to watch the view of GhodaGhodi TAL(Lake) and spends a lot of time by sitting and enjoying combine environment of Lake and Forest.   views from Top of  Tower  

HOME        GALLERY        ABOUT US        LOCATION        CONTACT US THREATS: High dependency on Forest and Wetland resources Development/expansion of Settlements and developmental projects Loss of Projected species by poaching  Eutrophication Overgrazing by domestic Livestock Introduction/invasion of exotic plant species Drainage/reclamation for agriculture Vegetational succession Grazing Fishing

HOME        GALLERY        ABOUT US        LOCATION        CONTACT US The lake is fed by direct precipitation during the monsoon season and by surface flows from the  watershed area, ground water springs and small streams. Water depth varies from 1-4 m. Secchi depth  transparency and high phoshor level indicates the lake as hypertrophic, the nitrogen level as eutrophic, and low Chlorophyll “A” level (due to rich growth of macrophytes) as oligo to mesotrophic. Dissolved oxygen is low with a minimum of 3-5 mg/l. Hydro

Flora : More than 450 plant species have been recorded. Aquatic plants with unique physiological adaptation are Water Primrose (Ludwigia alscendens) and Bladderwort (Utricularia australis) . Biogeographically important as representatives of the Indo Malayan realm are Sal (Shorea robusta) and Myrobalan (Terminalia alata) . Threatened plant species include the endangered Orchid (Aerides odorata) , religiously important and threatened Lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) , and rare wild rice (Hygrohiza aristata) . Fauna : The fauna comprises lower risk species on the IUCN Red List like Ferruginous Duck (Aythya nyroca) , Grey-headed fish eagle (Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus) , and Asiatic Rock Python (Python molurus) . Further rare species include the lizard (Varanus flavescens). In total 29 fish species have been recorded including the  threatened   Puntius chola   and the endemics   Notopterus   notopterus  and  Oxygaster bacaila . Around 140 partly    migrating bird species inhabit the ar