Chilka Lake in Odisha is the largest brackish water lake in India. State its significant uses with respect to biodiversity.
Chilka Lake is a home for the migratory birds in winter. It is also a wintering ground for a number of threatened species of plants and animals.
It acts as an ecosystem with a large variety of fishes in it. It sustains 15,000 fishermen living around it. Thus, it acts as a habitat and home ground for many different species of flora and fauna.
This provides the country with beautiful biodiversity and also facilitates to be a source of income for many people living in the surrounding areas.