{"id":23851,"date":"2025-11-16T14:33:49","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T09:03:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=23851"},"modified":"2025-11-18T13:46:35","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T08:16:35","slug":"ashtamudi-lake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/ashtamudi-lake\/","title":{"rendered":"Ashtamudi Lake"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Ashtamudi Lake Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Researchers aims to unravel mechanisms driving unique cooperation between wild dolphins and traditional fishers in Ashtamudi Lake. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Ashtamudi Lake<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>freshwater lake<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> located in the <\/span><b>Kollam District <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of <\/span><b>Kerala<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the <\/span><b>second largest lake in Kerala<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, after Vembanad Lake.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It covers an area of around 61.4 sq.km. The lake runs over a length of 16 kilometres.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is often referred to as the<\/span><b> gateway to the backwaters of Kerala<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and is famous for its <\/span><b>houseboat cruises.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The word \u2018<\/span><b>Ashtamudi\u2019 means Eight braids i<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">n Malayalam, which can be explained by the <\/span><b>palm-shaped topography of the lake with multiple branches.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The lake is <\/span><b>fed by several rivers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, including the <\/span><b>Kallada River, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>eventually drains into the Arabian Sea.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was designated as a <\/span><b>Ramsar site<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in 2002.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>historical significance<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of Ashtamudi Lake <\/span><b>dates back to the 14th century<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, when the lake surroundings were the <\/span><b>important port connecting the ancient city of Quilon<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to the rest of the world.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Historical records of the <\/span><b>Moroccan explorer Ibn Battuta highlight Quilon City, on the banks of Ashtamudi Lake, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">as one of the <\/span><b>major trading centers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the ancient period.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Ashtamudi region is also known for its <\/span><b>traditional coir industry.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Biodiversity<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The wetland supports 57 species of birds (6 migratory and 51 resident species) and 97 species of fish (42 typically marine, 3 estuarine, 9 estuarine-riverine, and 15 marine-estuarine).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"2\">The lake supports several endangered and endemic species, such as the <b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">pearl spot fish, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the <\/span><b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">mangrove crab,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the <\/span><b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">otter, the water snake<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the kingfisher, the egret, the heron, and the cormorant.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/kerala\/researchers-to-study-rare-dolphin-fisher-kinship-in-ashtamudi-lake\/article70283643.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>TH<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ashtamudi Lake in Kollam, Kerala, is a major backwater destination, shaped like eight braids. 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