Lakes in India Deepor Beel Lake:
| Dipor Bil or Deepor Beel | |
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| Location | Guwahati, Kamrup district, Assam |
| Coordinates | 26.13°N 91.66°ECoordinates: 26.13°N 91.66°E |
| Type | Fresh water |
| Basin countries | India |
| Surface area | 4,014 ha (15.50 sq mi) |
| Average depth | 1 m (3.3 ft) |
| Max. depth | 4 m (13 ft) |
| Surface elevation | 53 m (174 ft) |
| Settlements | Twelve villages on the periphery of the beel |
| Website | www |
Dipor Bil, also spelt Deepor Beel (Pron: dɪpɔ:(r) bɪl) (Assamese: দীপৰ বিল) (bil or beel means “lake” in the local Assamese language), is located to the south-west of Guwahati city, in Kamrup district of Assam, India It is a permanent freshwater lake, in a former channel of the Brahmaputra River, to the south of the main river. It is also called a wetland under the Ramsar Convention which has listed the lake in November 2002, as a Ramsar Site for undertaking conservation measures on the basis of its biological and environmental importance.
Considered as one of the largest beels in the Brahmaputra valley of Lower Assam, it is categorised as representative of the wetlandtype under the Burma monsoon forest biogeographic region.
The Dipor Bil is reported to provide, directly or indirectly, its natural resources for the livelihood of fourteen indigenous villages (1,200 families) located in its precincts. Freshwater fish is a vital protein and source of income for these communities; the health of these people is stated to be directly dependendent on the health of this wetland ecosystem. A member of Deepor Beel Fishermen’s Cooperative Society has succinctly stated: “Our forefathers protected this wetland and we are committed to do the same as we depend on the wetland for our livelihood. We will protect this wetland at any cost and against any odds”
The name Deepor Beel is stated to be derivative of the Sanskrit word dipa which means elephant, -r means “of” and bil means wetland or large aquatic body in Assamese language, inhabited by elephants
It is claimed that beel was an important dockyard of the Tai-Ahom as well as the Mughals. The medieval history reports of Ahom-Mughal conflicts. It is also stated that Kampitha and Rambrai Syiemship (the supreme political authority is known as the Syiemship in Meghalaya). had control over this area
It is located 13 km South West of Guwahati on the National Highway (NH. 31), on the Jalukbari-Khanapara bypass, alongside its north western boundary. PWD road skirts the northern fringe of the Rani and Garbhanga Reserve Forests on the south. The National Highway 37 borders the beel on the east and north-east and the Engineering College Road on the north. Also, minor roads and tracts exist in the vicinity of the beel. The beel is about 5 km from the Guwahati Airport (GNB Int. Airport). A broad gauge railway line skirts the lake
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