299
Table 17.3 General profiles of study ponds
Akheraj Ji Pond Kaylana Lake
Umed
Sagar Dam
Balsamand Lake Gudha Tank
Barli Pond
Khejarli Pond Soor Sagar Pond
Umed
Bhawan Pond
Location
26°17′51 N
and 72°58′54E
26°17′N 72°58′E 26.15′58 N
and7 2.56,32E
26.331°N
73.020°E
26.08′12 N
and 73.06′30E
26.62 N
and 71.95 E
26°8′59″N
and 73°8′41″E
26°18′55″N
73°0′20″E
26° 16′ 51″ N,
73° 2′ 49″ E
Area
0.15 km
2
84 km
2
24 km
2
0.5 km
2
0.2 km
2
0.2 km
2
0.15 km
2
0.34 km
2
0.08 km
2
Depth
5–8 ft
30–40 ft
20–25 ft
30–40 ft
5–8 ft
5–7 ft
10–15 ft
10–15 ft
10–15 ft
Bank type
Rocky
Rocky
Muddy and
rocky
Rocky
Muddy
Gravelly
Muddy
Rocky
Rocky
Vegetation type Floating,
amphibious
submerged
Scanty floating
vegetation and
trees of Acacia
nilotica
and
Prosopis juliflora
Crop land
around pond
No vegetation
in the lake and
on the banks
No vegetation
except algal
blooms,
Spirogyra
sp.
No vegetation
except algal
blooms,
Spirogyra
sp.
Nil except
vegetation
on banks
Crop fields
around floating
and submerged
vegetation
P. juliflora
and
floating algae
But a lush
green garden
is associated
with the lake
Water Quality Turbid water
with neutral PH
Clean with
neutral PH
Clean with
neutral PH
Clean with
neutral PH
Turbid with
slightly basic PH
Clean with
neutral PH
Clean with
neutral PH
Turbid water
with basic PH
Clean with
neutral PH
Threats
Encroach-ments
on the banks
and cutting
of vegetation
around pond
Mining activities
around the lake
There may be
leaching of
pesticides
from the crops
on the banks
Mining activities
around the lake
Well protected
but scarcity of
water during
late winters
Construction
activity may
disturb the
diversity of
wetland
Nil
Mining activities
around the lake
& leaching of
pesticides form
nearby crops
A large number
of dogs disturb
whole wetland
and the birds
resting in
17 Avian Diversity of Wetlands in and Around Jodhpur…
Table 17.3 General profiles of study ponds
Akheraj Ji Pond Kaylana Lake
Umed
Sagar Dam
Balsamand Lake Gudha Tank
Barli Pond
Khejarli Pond Soor Sagar Pond
Umed
Bhawan Pond
Location
26°17′51 N
and 72°58′54E
26°17′N 72°58′E 26.15′58 N
and7 2.56,32E
26.331°N
73.020°E
26.08′12 N
and 73.06′30E
26.62 N
and 71.95 E
26°8′59″N
and 73°8′41″E
26°18′55″N
73°0′20″E
26° 16′ 51″ N,
73° 2′ 49″ E
Area
0.15 km
2
84 km
2
24 km
2
0.5 km
2
0.2 km
2
0.2 km
2
0.15 km
2
0.34 km
2
0.08 km
2
Depth
5–8 ft
30–40 ft
20–25 ft
30–40 ft
5–8 ft
5–7 ft
10–15 ft
10–15 ft
10–15 ft
Bank type
Rocky
Rocky
Muddy and
rocky
Rocky
Muddy
Gravelly
Muddy
Rocky
Rocky
Vegetation type Floating,
amphibious
submerged
Scanty floating
vegetation and
trees of Acacia
nilotica
and
Prosopis juliflora
Crop land
around pond
No vegetation
in the lake and
on the banks
No vegetation
except algal
blooms,
Spirogyra
sp.
No vegetation
except algal
blooms,
Spirogyra
sp.
Nil except
vegetation
on banks
Crop fields
around floating
and submerged
vegetation
P. juliflora
and
floating algae
But a lush
green garden
is associated
with the lake
Water Quality Turbid water
with neutral PH
Clean with
neutral PH
Clean with
neutral PH
Clean with
neutral PH
Turbid with
slightly basic PH
Clean with
neutral PH
Clean with
neutral PH
Turbid water
with basic PH
Clean with
neutral PH
Threats
Encroach-ments
on the banks
and cutting
of vegetation
around pond
Mining activities
around the lake
There may be
leaching of
pesticides
from the crops
on the banks
Mining activities
around the lake
Well protected
but scarcity of
water during
late winters
Construction
activity may
disturb the
diversity of
wetland
Nil
Mining activities
around the lake
& leaching of
pesticides form
nearby crops
A large number
of dogs disturb
whole wetland
and the birds
resting in
17 Avian Diversity of Wetlands in and Around Jodhpur…