Wetlands Atlas - Ministry of Environment and Forests

7.1.20 Pali
Pali lies in between 24 0 45 ’ to 26 0 55’ degrees North latitude and 72 0 48’ to 74 0 20’ degrees East longitude.
Pali district is covered by Jodhpur, Jalore, Sirohi, Udaipur, Rajasamand, Ajmer and Nagour districts. The
geographical area of the district is 12387 sq. Km. The district receives annual rainfall of 300 mm. The
maximum temperature touches 47 0 during summer whereas the minimum temperature 5 0 C in winters.
In all 2170 wetlands are mapped including 1437 small wetlands (< 2.25 ha) with 50304 ha area. The
River/Stream with 27216 ha. contributed 54.10 % to the total wetland area. The Reservoirs/Barrages with
13178 ha (26.20% area) is the second major wetland category, followed by Tanks/Ponds with 8144 ha area
i.e. 16.19%. Thus, the district is dominated by man-made wetlands.
Open water spread of the wetlands is significantly higher in post monsoon (16823 ha) than during pre
monsoon (2173 ha), indicating the rainfall dependence of the wetlands in the state. Aquatic Vegetation in pre
monsoon is 463 ha which is higher than post monsoon Aquatic Vegetation i.e. 141 ha. The qualitative
turbidity of water is low in both the seasons. Details of estimates of wetlands in Pali are given in Table 25.
Table 25: Area estimates of wetlands in Pali
Area in ha
Sr.
No.
Wettcode
Wetland Category
Number
of
Wetlands
Total
Wetland
Area
% of
wetland
area
Open Water
Postmonsoon
Area
Premonsoon
Area
1100 Inland Wetlands - Natural
1 1101 Lakes/Ponds 1 323 0.64 43 -
2 1102 Ox-bow lakes/ Cut-off meanders - - - - -
3 1103 High altitude wetlands - - - - -
4 1104 Riverine wetlands - - - - -
5 1105 Waterlogged 1 6 0.01 - -
6 1106 River/Stream 72 27216 54.10 523 98
1200 Inland Wetlands -Man-made
7 1201 Reservoirs/Barrages 57 13178 26.20 11115 1797
8 1202 Tanks/Ponds 602 8144 16.19 5142 278
9 1203 Waterlogged - - - - -
10 1204 Salt pans - - - - -
Sub-Total 733 48867 97.14 16823 2173
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