Drigh Lake (Urdu: ڈرگ جھیل ) is situated in Qambar Shahdadkot District in Sindh, Pakistan, 29 kilometres (18 mi) from Larkana city and 7 kilometres (4 mi) from Qambar town. It has a surface area of 408 acres (165 ha) and the running length of the lake from North to South is about 5.64 Miles. Formed in the floods of 1814, 1815 and 1817.[2]
Drigh Lake was declared a wildlife sanctuary in 1972 and was designated as a Ramsar site recognized by the united nation as A World Heritage site in 1976.
^"Drigh Lake". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
^Drigh lake 2016-11-30 at the Wayback Machine, Publisher: Eco Tourism Development in Pakistan. Retrieved 2 June 2012
^Drigh Wildlife Sanctuary May 4, 2013, at the Wayback Machine Publisher: Sindh wildlife Department. Retrieved 2 June 2012
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