Consider the following pairs: Ramsar site State 1. Sasthamkotta lake Andhra Pradesh 2. Asan Barrage Assam 3. Chandra Taal Himachal Pradesh Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

The correct answer is option 3. Key Points Ramsar Sites ​ The Ramsar Convention is an international treaty established in 1971. The purpose of declaring Ramsar Sites under the Ramsar Convention is to stop the worldwide loss of wetlands and conserve them through wise use and management. The wetlands international, or Ramsar sites, in India as of January 2024 are 80 in number. Tamil Nadu has the highest number of Ramsar Sites in India(16). Sasthamkotta lake ​ Sasthamkotta Lake is Kerala’s largest freshwater lake . Hence, 1st pair is not correct. Spring-fed and providing drinking water to 500,000 people in the Kollam area. The water is free of ordinary salts and minerals and is devoid of water plants; instead, a larva is known as “cavaborus” thrives and removes germs from the water, adding to its extraordinary purity. Asan Barrage ​ The Asan Conservation Reserve (444-hectare) stretch of land near the Asan River . The Asan Barrage in 1967 created a dam and stopped the flow of the river. This caused the river to become more shallow and led to the creation of bird-friendly habitats. Basically, it is a stretch of the Asan River until its confluence with the Yamuna River in the Dehradun district of Uttarakhand. Hence, 2nd pair is not correct. Chandra Taal ​ The Chandertal Wetland is a high altitude lake in the upper Chandra valley fed by the Western Himalayan Chandra river in Himachal Pradesh. Hence, 3rd pair is correct. It is near the Kunzam pass , which connects the Himalayan and Pir Panjal mountain ranges . 65% of the bigger watershed is degraded forest due to overgrazing by nomadic herdsmen, while 35% is grasslands.