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Prioritized inland wetlands of West Bengal Prioritized wetlands, Important Bird Areas, Biodiversity conservation prioritization project sites, Wildlife sanctuaries, National Parks and Ramsar sites in West Bengal

PRIORITIZED SITE DISTRICT LATITUDE LONGITUDE NEAREST TOWN BIODIVERSITY SOCIO-ECONOMIC BIO-GEOGRAPHIC RANK USE GRADE PROVINCE

ADINA DEER PARK MALDA 253100 881000 MALDA 2 H 7B AHIRAN,FARRAKA MURSHIDABAD 244400 875700 NEW FARAKKA 2 M 7B BAGHAR BEEL MURSHIDABAD 242700 880300 OMALPUR 1 H 7B BARA SAGARDIGHI MALDA 245700 880200 MALDA TOWN 1 M 7B DOMOHINI JALPAIGURI 262500 883000 JALPAIGURI 2 L 7B DURGAPUR BARRAGE BARDDHAMAN 253200 880800 DURGAPUR 4 L 7B FARAKKA BARRAGE MALDA 244800 875500 MALDA TOWN 1 H 7B FARRAKA ASH DYKES MURSHIDABAD 245500 875500 NEW FARAKKA 2 L 7B FULBARI-MAHANANDA BARRAGE JALPAIGURI 264000 882500 SILIGURI 2 H 7B GAJOLDOBA BARRAGE JALPAIGURI 264800 883600 OODLABARI 2 H 7B KANSABATI RIVER MEDINIPUR 222600 872000 MIDNAPORE TOWN 2 L 7B KARNAIL SINGH PARK BARDDHAMAN 235200 865400 CHITTARANJAN 1 L 7B KUMARI DAM,PURULIA PURULIYA 232000 862500 PURULIA 3 M 6B MAITHON RESERVOIR BARDDHAMAN 234800 865000 KUMARDHUBI 3 L 6B MAITYBANDH MEDINIPUR 222700 871600 MONASOL 2 L 7B MECHI RIVER DARJEELING 264500 882500 SILIGURI 3 H 7B NAYABANDH MALDA 245500 882000 MALDA TOWN 1 H 7B PALTA WATERWORKS NORTH 24 PARGANAS 224700 882200 BARRACKPORE 4 L 7B PANCHET DAM,PURULIA PURULIYA 235700 864200 MAITHON 3 L 6B PURBASTHALI GANGETIC ISLANDS BARDDHAMAN 232700 881945 NABADWIP TOWN 1 H 6B RASIK BEEL KOCH-BEHAR 262540 894410 ALIPURDUAR 1 L 7B SAHEB BANDH- PURULIA PURULIYA 232212 861915 PURULLA TOWN 4 M 6B SAHEB BANDH-ADRA PURULIYA 233500 864000 ADRA 4 L 6B SANTRAGACHHI HAORA 223500 881700 SANTRAGACHHI 3 L 7B TILPARA BARRAGE BIRBHUM 235600 874400 SURI 3 L 7B

Prioritized Wetland Biogeographic Provinces Rank 1 Data Not Available Ramsar Site 8B, Coasts-East Coast 9A, North East-Brahmaputra Valley Rank 2 Important Bird Areas 2C, Himalaya-Central Himalaya District Boundaries S.A. Hussain S.A. Rank 3 BCPP Sites 6B, Deccan Peninsula - Chotta Nagpur Rank 4 Wildlife Sanctuaries & National Parks 7B, Gangetic Plain-Lower Gangetic Plain Note:- L-Low, M-Medium, H-High.

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