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Bison Swamp   
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Description:

 

  • Bison Swamp
  • Edapalli
  • Emerald
  • Tirsigadi
  • O-valley
  • Burnside
  • Konnavakarai
  • Kattery
  • Mundakund
  • Governor shola
  • Curzon

 

 

The table below sums up the important points of the wetlands surveyed by group IV:

 

 

S. No.

Name of Wetland

Altitude

Management

Pressures

Special Features

Invasive species(Wattle, Ulux,Cytissus,Lantana)

Grazing

Cultural-

significance

for










1

Bison Swamp

2300

PA

Wattle

inflows-6; outflows-3, deep,clear water; large area

Y

Y

TODAS

2

Eddapalli

2033

Open Access

Grazing, panchayat wells, warehouse, tea

inflows-7; outflows-2; insectivorous plants; religious significance; encroachment. Imp source for Cnr; medium size, wetland birds

Y

Y

BADAGAS

3

Emerald

1927

Open Access

vegetables, grazing, encroachment, eucalyptus & wattle, tea

perennial water source; medium size; inflows-3, outflow-1;

Y

Y

BADAGAS

4

Tirsigadi-1

1937

Open Access

vegetables, grazing, encroachment; euca, tea

religious significance; waste; summer dry; concrete footpaths;



KOTAS

5

Tirsigadi-2

1960

Open Access

vegetable

butterflies, small size, fencing by default; Kota religious ground; cutoff by road;


Y

KOTAS

6

Tirsigadi-3

1949

Open Access

vegetable, grazing, tea

fencing by default, insectivorous plants, siphoning/draining for veg,

Y

Y

KOTAS

7

O'valley

1231

pvt

coffee, encroachment

bird diversity, medicinal plants, converted for agri; yellow-gray soil; baigai maram; vasambu

Y



8

Konavakarai

1733

Open Access

sanitation, garbage, drinking water

high bird diversity, vasambu; surrounded by village, no protection, concrete footpath; baigai maram

Y


BADAGAS

9

Burside / Pathimattam

1495

PA/Pvt

tea, vegetables, grazing, waste, burial

Many shola trees, Outflow steam feeds to the Kolithorai river, large area


Y


10

Curzon


Pvt

Grazing, tea

root zone cleaning, clean water, feeding into Hallimoyar, medium area


Y


11

Mailoor

1692

Pvt

altered vegetation, tea

manipulated by closing outflow; baigai maram, wetland birds, introduced fishes

Y



12

Kaatery


PA/Pvt

vegetable, submergence for reservoir

very big, source at Dodabetta, water for Cordite factory, silt monitoring stn,


Y

BADAGAS

13

Mundakund

875

Pvt/Encroached

vegetable, tea,

large area, surrounded by forest areas on some sides, high inflow during rainy, soil - grey, diff grasses,


Y

KN

14

Governor Shola

2168

PA/Pvt

vegetable, scotch broom, wattle, pine, grazing

large area, spl vegn, close to Paimund shola as well as Ooty dump, feeds into Bhavani

Y

Y

TODAS

 

 

 

 

 
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