Tilaiya Dam (46899)
India, Asia
Site overview
KBA status: confirmed
Year of last assessment: 2016
National site name: Tilaiya Dam
Central coordinates: Latitude: 24.3210, Longitude: 85.5193
System: terrestrial
Elevation (m): 363 to 363
Area of KBA (km2): 45.68264
KBA classification: Global/Regional TBD
Legacy site: Yes
Site details
Rationale for qualifying as KBA: This site qualifies as a Key Biodiversity Area of international significance because it meets one or more previously established criteria and thresholds for identifying sites of biodiversity importance (including Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas, Alliance for Zero Extinction sites, and Key Biodiversity Areas)
Delineation rationale: 2016: Tilaiya Dam IBA (SitRecID 46899) has been split off from the 2004 IBA 'Reservoirs of Chota Nagpur Plateau' (SitRecID 18117) as it lies so far away from (and in a different State to) the other three waterbodies of that site.