{"id":69558,"date":"2025-10-18T14:20:27","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T08:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=69558"},"modified":"2025-10-18T14:20:27","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T08:50:27","slug":"gulf-of-kutch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/gulf-of-kutch\/","title":{"rendered":"Gulf of Kutch"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Gulf of Kutch Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to a recent report, the long-term survival of dugongs in the Gulf of Kutch and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands is highly uncertain or challenging.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>About Gulf of Kutch<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an <\/span><b>inlet of the Arabian Sea.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is located along the west coast of India, in the Jamnagar district of <\/span><b>Gujarat<\/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 <\/span><b>divides Kutch and the Kathiawar peninsula regions of Gujarat.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It stretches for 99 miles and is famous for the <\/span><b>coral reefs <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">surrounding the 32 islands.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A unique feature of this region is the <\/span><b>tidal range, which generates fast currents of about 2.5 m per second.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a region with the <\/span><b>highest potential of tidal energy generation.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is rimmed with <\/span><b>mudflats, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>many small islands rise from its waters.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Gulf of Kutch, occupying an area of 7300 sq.km. is <\/span><b>biologically one of the most productive <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and diversified habitats along the west coast of India.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The southern shore has numerous islands and inlets which harbor vast areas of mangroves and coral reefs with living corals.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>northern shore with numerous shoals and creeks<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> also sustains <\/span><b>large stretches of mangroves.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The western extremity of the Gulf consists of a <\/span><b>vast complex of marshland criss-crossed by innumerous creeks.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Marine National Park<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is situated on the southern shore of the Gulf of Kutch.\u00a0 It is the <\/span><b>1st National Marine Park of India.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Key Facts about Dugong<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dugongs are the <\/span><b>only herbivorous mammals found in India\u2019s marine ecosystems.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is known as the<\/span><b> sea cow<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> but resembles a cross between a seal and a whale, and is distributed through the<\/span><b> Indo-Pacific region.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Distribution<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dugongs<\/span><b> range across 37 Indo-Pacific countries but have disappeared from many parts of their former range.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are <\/span><b>found along the Indian coastline<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, primarily inhabiting warm waters around the <\/span><b>Andaman and Nicobar Islands, the Gulf of Mannar, Palk Bay, and the Gulf of Kutch.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Habitat<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Due to their <\/span><b>dependence on seagrass beds<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for habitat and food, dugongs are <\/span><b>restricted to shallow water<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s, where they spend the day feeding on seagrasses of the genera Cymodocea, Halophila, Thalassia, and Halodule.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The dugong is a<\/span><b> long-lived species<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, able to live up to <\/span><b>70 years.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Conservation status:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IUCN Status: <\/span><b>Vulnerable<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.downtoearth.org.in\/wildlife-biodiversity\/long-term-survival-of-dugongs-in-gulf-of-kutch-and-andamans-uncertain-challenging-iucn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DTE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gulf of Kutch is located along the west coast of India, in the Jamnagar district of Gujarat. 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