Forests, Environment & Wildlife Management Department

Wetlands of Sikkim - ISRO Jan 2011
The total geographical area of the state is 7,096 sq. km. High altitude lakes accounting for 40.79 per cent of the total wetland area. Total 534 lakes are identified with 3325 ha area. Total lakes mapped as polygons are 259 with 3050 ha area. In addition 275 small lakes (<2.25 ha) are mapped as point features. Maximum number of lakes are of very small size (<10 ha). Large size lakes (>500 ha) are not observed in Sikkim. Most of it are fed by glaciers and considered sacred. The lakes are popularly called as Chhokha or Tso or Chhona (in Bhutia), Chho (in Lepcha) and Pokhari or Jheel or Tal (in Nepali)..... Read More

Distribution of high altitude lakes in relation to elevation gradient in Sikkim
Sr No	Category	Altitude range (m)	No. of Lakes	Area (ha)
1	High Altitude	3000-4000	6	19
2	Higher Altitude	4000-5000	323	1209
3	Very High Altitude	>5000	205	2097
Total			534	3325
Source : -Space Application Centre, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Ahmedabad - January 2011 » Click here for the complete report

About Wetland Conservation in Sikkim

State Level Steering Committee for Conservation of Wetlands in Sikkim Notification dated :9/02/2007

Wetlands of Sikkim Identified for Conservation under National Wetland Conservation Programme

Proposal of Conservation and Management of Khechuperi Holy Lake, West Sikkim

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High Altitude Himalayan Lakes
Source: National Wetland Inventory and Assessment Project (Sponsored by MoEF, GoI) Space Application Centre, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Ahmedabad - January 2011

Sikkim -Wetlands of India
Source: Nation-wide Wetland Mapping Project, (Sponsored by MoEF, GoI) Space Application Centre, Indian Space Research Organisation(ISRO) Ahmedabad - June 1998

Wetland Sites of Sikkim

Minutes of the meeting of State Level Steering Committee chaired by Shri T.T. Dorjee, IAS, Chief Secretary, Government of Sikkim (Chairman, SLSC-Wetland Conservation) on 30/11/2009 in the Chamber of Chief Secretary, Government of Sikkim, Gangtok.

A Detailed Report on Implementation of Catchment Area Treatment Plan of Teesta Stage-V Hydro-Electric Power Project (510 MW) Sikkim-2007 Click Here for PDF: size 309 kb

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Wastelands of Sikkim

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Treatment of Landslides & Soil Erosion Control

A Case Study of Landslide Treatment-South Sikkim
Treatment of Landslide & Soil Erosion in RangRang Watershed Catchment of Teesta River- North Sikkim
A Case Study of Landslide & Erosion Control Treatment-West Sikkim (to be uploaded soon)
Soil Erodibility, its Relationship with some physico-chemical parameters of soil and vegetation buffers of landslide prone areas of East Sikkim. Click Here for PDF: size 556 kb

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FORESTS, ENVIRONMENT & WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT Government of Sikkim

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