The Bishazari Tal, also spelled Beeshazar
Tal, is an extensive oxbow lake system in
the buffer zone of the Chitwan National Park, a protected area in the Inner Terai of
central Nepal.This wetland covers an area of
3,200 ha (7,900 acres) at an altitude of 286 m (938 ft), and is
situated between the Mahabharat mountain
range to the north and the Siwalik range
to the south. In August 2003, it has been designated as a Ramsar site.
The Nepali words
'bis' बिस् (twenty), 'hajār' हजार् (thousand) and 'tāl' ताल् (lake) mean '20,000
lakes'.
Fauna
The forested wetland
provides excellent habitat as a waterhole and wildlife corridor for critically
endangered and vulnerable species including Bengal tiger, sloth bear, smooth-coated otter,one-horned rhinoceros, white-rumped vulture, Pallas's fish-eagle, lesser
adjutant stork, ferruginous
duck, gharial and marsh
crocodile.
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