Indus Dolphin Reserve

28°01′N 69°15′E / 28.017°N 69.250°E / 28.017; 69.250

Designations
Designated10 May 2001
Reference no.1065[1]

Indus Dolphin Reserve is a Ramsar site[2] located between Guddu Barrage and Sukkur Barrage on River Indus in Pakistan.[3] Stretched on an area of 125,000 hectares, it was designated as a wetland protected site on 10 May 2001.[2] In 1974 it was declared a protected site locally on the recommendation of World Wide Fund for Nature. According to a survey conducted in 1989, there are about 429 Indus river dolphin present.[3]

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