The East Calcutta Wetlands, also known as the East Kolkata Wetlands, are a complex of natural and human-made wetlands lying east of the city of Calcutta (Kolkata) in India. The wetlands cover 12,500 hectares, and include salt marshes and salt meadows, as well as sewage farms and settling ponds. The wetlands are used to treat Kolkata's sewage, and the nutrients contained in the wastewater sustain fish farms and agriculture. A subtropical wetland in Florida, USA, with an endangered American Crocodile. ... This article is on Calcutta/Kolkata, the city. ... A hectare (symbol ha) is a unit of area, equal to 10,000 square metres, commonly used for measuring land area. ...
The East Calcutta Wetlands were designated a "wetland of international importance" under the Ramsar Convention on August 19, 2002. The Ramsar Convention is an international treaty for the conservation and sustainable utilization of wetlands, i. ...
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East Calcutta Wetlands (World Wildlife Fund, India)
The wetlands of EastCalcuttaWetlands or the East Kolkata Wetlands are famous all over the world for their multiple uses and were designated as "wetland of international importance" under the Ramsar Convention on August 19, 2002.
The wetlands are used to treat Kolkata`s sewage and the nutrients contained in the wastewater maintain fish farms and agriculture.
EastCalcuttaWetlands is an unrivaled instance of good use of city sewage for the purpose of fishery and agriculture.
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