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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Sanctuary in Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), India}}<br />
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| name = Mansar-Surinsar Lakes Wild Life sanctuary in [[Samba district|Samba]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)]]<br />
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| location = Mansar, [[Samba district]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)]], {{flag|India}}<br />
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'''Mansar-Surinsar Lakes Wildlife sanctuary''' is a [[Wildlife conservation|wildlife]] [[sanctuary]] is situated in [[Mansar Lake|Mansar]] in [[Samba district]] in [[Union territory|Indian union territory]] of [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]. It is located 19 km from [[Samba, Jammu and Kashmir|Samba]] town & 85 km from city of [[Jammu]]. It covers 3.5 square kilometers. It was established in 2005, under the ''[[Wildlife Protection Act of 1972]]''. The sanctuary protects [[Mansar Lake]] - [[Surinsar Lake]] & wetland, which gained [[Ramsar Convention]] for International importance in 2005.<ref name="Ramsar1">{{cite web|title=Mansar-Surinsar Lakes|url=https://rsis.ramsar.org/ris/1573|website=Ramsar Wetlands|publisher=Ramsar|access-date=27 April 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Surinsar Mansar Wildlife Sanctuary - WildTrails {{!}} The One-Stop Destination for all your Wildlife Holidays |url=https://wildtrails.in/surinsar-mansar-wildlife-sanctuary/#:~:text=Surinsar%20Mansar%20Wildlife%20Sanctuary%20derives,%2C%20barking%20deer%2C%20leopard%20etc. |website=wildtrails.in |access-date=28 April 2024 |date=23 September 2017}}</ref><br />
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== Geography ==<br />
{{further|Mansar Lake| Surinsar Lake}} <br />
Mansar-Surinsar Lakes Wildlife sanctuary are two lakes 9 km physically apart but internally connected, located in the [[Samba district]] of [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)]] covering an area of 3.5 sq km.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Surinsar Lake - JK Tourism|url=http://www.jktourism.jk.gov.in/List/ListDetails.aspx?52734E46697354352F5A444F44774D52314C76555132454C31786959544D364A747234426551646E6242453D|website=www.jktourism.jk.gov.in|access-date=22 Jun 2020}}</ref><br />
Instead of a lake usually found in depressions, Mansar-Surinsar lakes are located on top of a hill without any feeding water source with a low catchment area and a limited rainfall of about 1400 mm annually. [[Anticline]] structure and [[Artesian well]] like conditions<br />
results in perennial source of lake waters with A-Class [[Total dissolved solids|TDS]] water.<ref>{{cite web|title=Information Sheet on Ramsar Wetlands|url=https://indianwetlands.in/wp-content/uploads/briefdocuments/Surinsar_Mansar.pdf|access-date=28 April 2024}},</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
*[[Bird sanctuaries of India]]<br />
*[[Fauna of Jammu and Kashmir]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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{{Ramsar sites in India}}<br />
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[[Category:Protected areas established in 2005]]<br />
[[Category:2002 establishments in Jammu and Kashmir]]<br />
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