Meghalaya - Ministry of Environment and Forests
Meghalaya - Ministry of Environment and Forests
Meghalaya - Ministry of Environment and Forests
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7.1.7 Wetl<strong>and</strong> Distribution in East Garo HillsThe East Garo Hills district was formed in 1976. The district was carved out from the Garo Hills District. Thedistrict headquarter is located at Williamnagar. As per 2001 census, the district is home to 2,50,582 people.Agriculture, horticulture, fisheries, textile, pottery, h<strong>and</strong>icrafts, sericulture, cottage industries constitute theeconomic scenario <strong>of</strong> East Garo Hills. The topography <strong>of</strong> the district is undulating low hills, with altituderanging from 150 to 600 metres above sea level. The total geographic area <strong>of</strong> East Khasi Hills district <strong>of</strong><strong>Meghalaya</strong> is 286869 ha. The wetl<strong>and</strong> area estimated is 2649 ha. Details are given in Table 7. Smallwetl<strong>and</strong>s, which are less than minimum mapable units (MMU), are 14 in the district. The major wetl<strong>and</strong> typesare River/Stream, tanks/ponds <strong>and</strong> areas under water logging. Other than the Simsang river which drainssoutheastwards, all other rivers run north or northwest towards the Brahmaputra.Sr.No.WettcodeTable 7: Area estimates <strong>of</strong> wetl<strong>and</strong>s in East Garo HillsWetl<strong>and</strong> CategoryNumber<strong>of</strong>Wetl<strong>and</strong>sTotalWetl<strong>and</strong>Area% <strong>of</strong>wetl<strong>and</strong>areaOpen WaterPostmonsoonAreaArea in haPremonsoonArea1100 Inl<strong>and</strong> Wetl<strong>and</strong>s - Natural1 1105 Waterlogged 3 18 0.68 12 122 1106 River/Stream 19 2563 96.75 2563 25631200 Inl<strong>and</strong> Wetl<strong>and</strong>s -Man-made3 1202 Tanks/Ponds 9 54 2.04 32 32Sub-Total 31 2635 99.47 2607 2607Wetl<strong>and</strong>s (
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