Dipor Bil Bird Sanctuary, Guwahati, Assam
Dipor Bil Bird Sanctuary is a bird sanctuary located to the south-west of Guwahati City in Kamrup Metropolitan District of Assam, India. It is situated on the southern bank of the Brahmaputra River. Dipor Bil is called as Deepor Beel (Bil or Bheel means lake in the local Assamese language). Dipor Bil is considered one of the largest bheels in the Brahmaputra valley of Lower Assam. It is a large natural wetland having great biological and environmental importance besides being the only major storm water storage basin for the Guwahati city.
History
The bird sanctuary was established in 1989 by the Assam government. It is listed as a wetland under the Ramsar Convention which designated the lake as a Ramsar Site in November 2002. The BirdLife International has declared Deepor Beel as an Important Bird Area (IBA) with high priority for conservation.
The Bird Sanctuary
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Connectivity
The sanctuary is
located at about 8 Kms from Azara Railway Station, 9 Kms from Guwahati Rupnath
Brahma Inter-State Bus Terminal, 11 Kms from Guwahati Airport, 17 Kms from Guwahati
Railway Station. The sanctuary is situated on the Guwahati Rupnath Brahma
Inter-State Bus Terminal to Guwahati Airport via Azara Railway Station.


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