Drigh Lake (Urdu: ڈرگ جھیل ) is situated in Qambar Shahdadkot District in Sindh, Pakistan, 29 kilometres (18 mi) from Larkana city and 7 kilometres (4 mi) from Qambar town. It has a surface area of 408 acres (165 ha) and the running length of the lake from North to South is about 5.64 Miles. Formed in the floods of 1814, 1815 and 1817.[2]
| Designations | |
|---|---|
| Designated | 23 July 1976 |
| Reference no. | 100[1] |
Drigh Lake is a favorable area for resident and winter migratory birds like night heron, grey heron, purple heron, great white egret, little egret, mallard, gadwall, pintail, shoveller, common teal, tufted duck, wigeon, osprey, marsh harrier, white breasted kingfisher, pied kingfisher, small blue kingfisher, purple gallinule, white-breasted waterhen, moorhen, cormorant, common pochard, pied harrier, crow pheasant, darter, garganey, ferruginous duck, greater spotted eagle, marbled teal and coot.[3]
Drigh Lake was declared a wildlife sanctuary in 1972 and was designated as a Ramsar site recognized by the united nation as A World Heritage site in 1976.
References
edit- ^ "Drigh Lake". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ Drigh lake Archived 2016-11-30 at the Wayback Machine, Publisher: Eco Tourism Development in Pakistan. Retrieved 2 June 2012
- ^ Drigh Wildlife Sanctuary Archived May 4, 2013, at the Wayback Machine Publisher: Sindh wildlife Department. Retrieved 2 June 2012