Sambhar Salt Lake

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🔆 Why news

✅The State Government of Rajasthan will identify new tourist points at Sambhar Salt Lake.

✅The Lake forms part of the desert circuit in the Centre’s Swadesh Darshan Scheme.

✅Salt Lake: It is the largest inland salt lake in India. It represents the depression of the Aravalli Range.

✅Ramsar Site: It is a wetland of ‘international importance’ under the Ramsar Convention, declared in 1990

✅It is important wintering area for flamingos and other birds that migrate from northern Asia.

✅Vegetation: The vegetation present in the catchment area is mostly xerophytic type.

✅Fauna: Flamingoes, pelicans and the waterfowls are commonly sighted at the Sambhar Lake.