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| location = Rampur No. 2 village, [[Kamrup district]], [[Assam]], [[India]] <br />
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'''Dora Beel''' is a [[wetland]] and [[lake]] located at Rampur no. 2 village under the Palashbari revenue circle and surrounded by villages like Rajapukhuri, Nahira, Bhakatpara, Tezpur, Rampur, Majpara, Kuldung, Dhantola, Bortari and Khidirpukhuri in [[Kamrup district]] of [[Assam]].{{cn|date=November 2020}}<br />
==Area==<br />
According to the [[Survey of India]], the total area of the Beel was 297.96 [[Acre|acres]] in 1971. However, it has shrunk to 278.41 [[Acre|acres]] according to [[Landsat program#Uses of Landsat imagery|land sat imagery]] in 2005.{{cn|date=November 2020}}<br />
==Water source==<br />
Dora beel is fed by [[Kulsi River]] and Kulsi also acts as main inlet and outlet for the lake.{{cn|date=November 2020}}<br />
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==Aquafauna==<br />
Dora beel is the habitat of endangered [[South Asian river dolphin]] (''Platanista gangetica''). This endangered dolphin (known as ''Xihu'' in [[Assamese language]]) breeds only in [[Subansiri River]] and [[Kulsi River]] of the entire [[Ganges Delta|Brahmaputra delta]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nenow.in/environment/save-dora-beel-save-river-dolphin.html|website=Northeast Now |title=Save Dora Beel – Save River Dolphin|language=en|url-status=live|access-date=12 November 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/184796/17/17_summary.pdf|website=Sodh Ganga –a reservoir of Indian theses |title= Summary of Dolphin habitat zone of river Kulsi|language=en|url-status=live|access-date=12 November 2020}}</ref><br />
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==Festival==<br />
Dora Beel festival is an annual festival set on the banks of the Dora Beel to discuss about the production of indigenous fish species and this festival is fundamentally linked to nature and carries the eternal message of protecting and respecting nature.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=jan2518/state055|website=[[The Assam Tribune]] |title= Dora Beel fest from today|language=en|url-status=live|access-date=12 November 2020}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[List of lakes of Assam]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Lakes of Assam]]<br />
[[Category:Kamrup district]]</div>>Nalbarian