Harike Wetland

Harike Wetland, with the Harike Lake in the deeper part of it, east of the Harike village also known as "Hari-ke-Pattan", is a Ramsar site and the largest wetland in northern India on the border of Tarn Taran Sahib district and Ferozepur district of the Punjab state in India created by the manmade Harike Barrage headworks immediate downstream of the confluence of Beas and Sutlej rivers.

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Type: Protected area
Description: wetland in Punjab, India
Also known as: “Hari ke Pattan”, “Hari-ke-Pattan”, “Harike Lake”, “Harike Lake WLS”, and “Harike Pattan”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Harike and Makhu.

Harike

Village

Harike is a village in Patti Tehsil in Tarn Taran district of the Indian state of Punjab. It is located 33 km from Tarn Taran Sahib city. The PIN code of Wakro is 143412. Harike is situated 5 km west of Harike Wetland.

Makhu

Town

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Makhu is a town and a nagar panchayat in Ferozepur district in Indian state of Punjab. Makhu is situated 6 km south of Harike Wetland.

Harike Wetland

Categories: lake, wetland, and bird sanctuary
Location: Kapurthala district, Punjab, Plains, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude

31.16103° or 31° 9′ 40″ north

Longitude

74.99522° or 74° 59′ 43″ east

Open location code

8J3P5X6W+C3

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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Western Panjabi—“Harike Wetland” goes by many names.

Bengali: “হরিকে জলাভূমি”
Cebuano: “Harike Wetland”
Hindi: “हरिके आर्द्रभूमि”
Malayalam: “ഹരികെ തടാകം”
Malayalam: “ഹാരിക തടാകം”
Panjabi: “ਹਰੀਕੇ ਝੀਲ”
Panjabi: “ਹਰੀਕੇ ਪੱਤਣ”
Spanish: “Lago Harike”
Tamil: “ஹரிகே சதுப்புநிலம்”
Urdu: “ہریکے پتن”
Western Panjabi: “ہریکے پتن”

Places with the Same Name

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Civil Hospital and Police Station, Harike.

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