Wetlands Atlas - Ministry of Environment and Forests

7.1.8 Dhaulpur
Dhaulpur lies in between 26° 01’ and 26° 57’ north latitude and 74° 14’ and 78° 16’ east longitude. It is
surrounded by Agra district in the north-east, Morena district of Madhya Pradesh in the south, Sawai
Madhopur district in the west and Bharatpur district of Rajasthan in the north. The geographical area of the
district is 3084 sq. kms. Some of the worth visiting places in and around the district are: Ramsagar Sanctuary,
Talab-E-Shahi and Van Vihar Wild Life Sanctuary etc. The average rainfall is 67 cms. The maximum
temperature reaches 49 0 while and minimum temperature touches 1 0 C .
Total 446 wetlands are mapped including 342 small wetlands (< 2.25 ha) with 9370 ha area. Rivers/ streams
with 6786 ha. contributed 72.42% to the total wetland area. The Reservoirs/Barrages with 1551 ha (16.55%
area) is the second major wetland category, followed by tanks/ponds with 691 ha area i.e. 7.37 %. Thus, the
district is dominated by man-made wetlands.
Open water spread of the wetlands is significantly higher in Post-monsoon (4296 ha) than during Premonsoon
(3108 ha). Aquatic vegetation during Post-monsoon (86 ha) is higher. The qualitative turbidity of
water is low in both the seasons.Details of estimates of wetlands in Dhaulpur are given in Table 13.
Table 13: Area estimates of wetlands in Dhaulpur
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 - - - - -
2 1102 Ox-bow lakes/ Cut-off meanders - - - - -
3 1103 High altitude wetlands - - - - -
4 1104 Riverine wetlands - - - - -
5 1105 Waterlogged - - - - -
6 1106 River/Stream 31 6786 72.42 2998 2274
1200 Inland Wetlands -Man-made
7 1201 Reservoirs/Barrages 3 1551 16.55 1100 647
8 1202 Tanks/Ponds 70 691 7.37 198 187
9 1203 Waterlogged - - - - -
10 1204 Salt pans - - - - -
Sub-Total 104 9028 96.35 4296 3108
Wetlands (