Tanda Dam
| Designations | |
|---|---|
| Designated | 23 July 1976 |
| Reference no. | 98[1] |
Tanda Lake
Tanda Dam or Tanda Lake is a small dam and also a lake view park located in Kohat District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa the province of Pakistan.[2][3] The dam supplies water for irrigation to Jurma, Shahpur and many villages by means of canals from Tanda Lake.
Tanda Lake is a protected site under the Ramsar Convention,[4] an international treaty for the conservation and sustainable utilization of wetlands. It was included as a Ramsar site on July 23, 1976. The lake is home to migratory birds from Siberia and the Caspian during winter.
References
- ↑ "Tanda Dam". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ↑ "An Investigation on Freshwater of Lake of Tanda Dam" (PDF). www.idosi.org. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
- ↑ "A tourist resort has approved by converting Tanda Dam into Lake View Park". Dawn Newspaper. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
- ↑ " Sakafat-e-Kohat " written by Ahmad Paracha.
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