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Basai wetland

Basai Wetland
बसई झील
Wetland
Tringa glareola in Basai
Basai Wetland is located in Haryana
Basai Wetland
Basai Wetland
Basai Wetland is located in India
Basai Wetland
Basai Wetland
Location in Haryana, India
Coordinates: 28°27′41″N 76°59′04″E / 28.461259°N 76.98437°E / 28.461259; 76.98437Coordinates: 28°27′41″N 76°59′04″E / 28.461259°N 76.98437°E / 28.461259; 76.98437
Country  India
State Haryana
Region North India
District Gurgaon
Languages
 • Official Hindi
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 122002
ISO 3166 code IN-HR
Website www.haryanaforest.gov.in

Basai wetland (बसई झील), located in Basai village in Gurgaon tehsil in Gurgaon District in Haryana, India, is a flora and fauna rich water body.

Basai is 4 km distance from its District main city Gurgaon and 282 km distance from its State main city Chandigarh.

Basai village is famed for Basai wetland home of endangered migrant birds, which is under threat from the unsustainable development and urbanization.

Among the birds found here are Tringa glareola, Yellow-bellied prinia and Smoky warbler.

Tringa glareola at Basai

Tringa glareola

Smoky warbler

Yellow-bellied prinia


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