Bhaba Dighi
Data Depositor Name : Admin
Contact Info: Admin
Coordinates
From
To
Mean
Latitude
22.901694° N
22.901694° N
22.901694° N
Longitude
87.685722° E
87.685722° E
87.685722° E
District: Hooghly District, West Bengal, India
Nearest Location: Bhabadighi village, Goghat-I Community Development Block
Type: Freshwater pond/wetland (manmade but functioning as perennial wetland)
Area: 3.4058 hectares water surface area
Depth: 6 ft (pre-monsoon) to 10 ft (monsoon)
Elevation: Not documented explicitly in available sources
Water Regimes
Main source of water:
Rainfall, Canal-fed,
Permeance: Mostly perennial (present year-round with seasonal depth variation)
Destination: To downstream catchment and groundwater recharge (typical of ponds in the hydrological setting; precise outflow not mapped).
Salinity: Fresh (<0.5 g/l) (typical inland freshwater pond conditions in Hooghly).
Climate
Humidity : High humidity typical of Hooghly plains (monsoon influence).
Annual Rainfall : 1500–1600 mm
Temperature: 15–35 °C (regional average range, not site measured).
Major landuse within zone of influence
Forests
Plantation
Agriculture
Settlements (Rural)
Settlements (Urban)
Industrial
Others
Notable Plant Species
Local ponds typically host emergent macrophytes and marginal grasses; field survey required for species inventory.
Notable Animal Species
Typical community ponds support local freshwater fish, amphibians, wading birds — but no formal inventory located.
Conservation Sensitive Species
No published records found for site in public species lists or protected-species databases. Field inventory needed to confirm.
Invasive Species
Not documented for site. (Regional invasive aquatic plants such as Eichhornia crassipes are common in West Bengal waterways — confirm by field visit).
Ecosystem Benefits
Community Fishing (without any lease or permission from government dept
Fishing under lease from government department
Harvest of plants (without any lease or permission from government dept
Harvest of plants under lease from government department)
Agriculture or horticulture within wetland
Grazing
Religious practices
Withdrawal of water for domestic use
Withdrawal of water for agriculture or fisheries
Bathing or wallowing of domestic animals
Others
Threats
Status
Level
Hydrological regime alteration
Existing
Medium
Salinization
NA
NA
Siltation
Existing
Medium
Pollution
Existing
Low
Encroachment
Existing
Medium
Unsustainable harvest of wetland resources
Not documented
NA
Over grazing
Not documented
NA
Unsustainable water abstraction
Not documented
NA
Mining (e.g. salt, sand or laterite)
Not documented
NA
Spread of invasive species
Existing
Medium
Regime fragmentation
Not documented
NA
Tourism pressure
Existing
Low
Extreme events / Climate change
Existing
High
Intensive agriculture
Existing
High
Intensive Aquaculture
NA
NA
Coastal erosion
NA
NA
Changes in water inflow and outflow
Existing
High