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Kaliveli Lake
LocationViluppuram District, Tamil Nadu
Basin countriesIndia
Kaliveli Lake is a coastal lake in the Viluppuram District of Tamil Nadu, India. This lake lies approximately 16 kilometers north of Pondicherry and 10 kilometers north of Auroville, near the Bay of Bengal.

Kaliveli lake is a seasonal wetland, with a gradient from freshwater to brackish water, and is an important feeding and breeding ground on migratory bird flyway. The lake is one of the largest wetlands in peninsular India, and is considered a wetland of both national and international importance by the IUCN. It is currently threatened by encroachment from agricultural fields, wildlife poaching, loss of the surrounding forests, and increased commercial prawn farming.

The ruins of Allamparwa Fort lies on the coast near the north channel to Kaliveli Lake, about 35 kilometers north-northeast of Pondicherry.
Viluppuram (also Villupuram and Vizhupuram) is one of the thirty districts which make up Tamil Nadu State situated on the southern tip of India. The district headquarters are located at Viluppuram.
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Tamil Nadu (Tamil: தமிழ்நாடு pronunciation  
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A drainage basin is a region of land where water from rain or snow melt drains downhill into a body of water, such as a river, lake, dam, estuary, wetland, sea or ocean. The drainage basin includes both the streams and rivers that convey the water as well as the land surfaces from
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lake (from Latin ligacus) is a body of water or other liquid of considerable size contained on a body of land. A vast majority of lakes on Earth are fresh water, and most lie in the Northern Hemisphere at higher latitudes.
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Viluppuram (also Villupuram and Vizhupuram) is one of the thirty districts which make up Tamil Nadu State situated on the southern tip of India. The district headquarters are located at Viluppuram.
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Tamil Nadu (Tamil: தமிழ்நாடு pronunciation  
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Puducherry (formerly Pondicherry   (help info ) ) is a Union Territory of India.
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Auroville is a universal "cultural township", in Viluppuram district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India near Puducherry in South India, whose stated purpose is to realize human unity in diversity.
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Area 2,172,000 km
Average depth: 2,600 mm ; 8,500 feet
Maximum depth: 4,694 m ; 15,400 feet
Maximum Length: 2,090 km; c.1,300 mi
Maximum Width: 1,610 km; 1,000 mi
Waters Connected to the Bay of Bengal:
  • Andaman Sea

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In physical geography, a wetland is an environment "at the interface between truly terrestrial ecosystems and aquatic systems making them inherently
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Brackish water (less commonly brack water) is water that is saltier than fresh water, but not as salty as seawater. It may result from mixing of seawater with fresh water, as in estuaries, or it may occur in brackish fossil aquifers.
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Flyway is the term for the flight paths used in bird migration. Flyways generally span over continents and often oceans.

See also

  • Bird migration
  • Atlantic Flyway
  • Central Flyway
  • East Asian - Australasian Flyway
  • Mississippi Flyway

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Wildlife refers to all non-domesticated plants, animals, and other organisms. Domesticated organisms are those that have adapted to survival with the help of (or under the control of) humans, after many generations.
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Poaching is illegal hunting or fishing. It may be illegal because:
  • The game or fish is not in season, usually the breeding season is declared as the closed season when wildlife species are protected by law.
  • The poacher does not possess a license.

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FOREST (an acronym for "Freedom Organisation for the Right to Enjoy Smoking Tobacco") is a United Kingdom political pressure group that campaigns for the right of people to smoke tobacco and opposes attempts to ban or reduce tobacco consumption.
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Dendrobranchiata
Bate, 1888

Superfamilies and families

Penaeoidea
Aristeidae
Benthesicymidae
Penaeidae
Sicyoniidae
Solenoceridae
Sergestoidea
Luciferidae

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