Present Status of Ganges River Dolphins Platanista gangetica gangetica (Roxburgh, 1801) in the Turag River, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Table 1
River dolphin appears at different geographical position on different time in the Turag River.
Sl. number
Place
GPS coordinate
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
()
Amin Bazar bridge
23°47′N and 90°20′E
√
√
√
()
Nober par
23°48′N and 90°20′E
√
√
√
()
Tamanna Park South
23°49′N and 90°20′E
√
√
√
√
√
√
√
√
√
√
()
Tamanna Park North
23°49′N and 90°20′E
√
√
√
√
√
√
()
Birulia Landing Station
23°50′N and 90°20′E
√
√
√
√
√
√
√
√
√
√
√
()
Birulia Bhanga bridge
23°51′N and 90°20′E
√
√
√
√
√
√
√
()
Uttara 3rd phase
23°51′N and 90°21′E
√
√
√
√
()
Rustampur
23°52′N and 90°21′E
√
√
√
√
√
√
√
√
√
√
√
√
()
Ashulia Landing Station
23°53′N and 90°21′E
√
√
√
()
Kamarpara
23°52′N and 90°24′E
√
√
√
Number of sites for sightings
3
3
3
4
4
4
5
4
9
8
9
6
Total number of individuals
5
4
5
6
5
6
7
6
11
10
10
6
Notes. Each tick mark represents sighting of dolphins in the particular location during corresponding visit and not the number of dolphin individuals sighted. The last row of the table, however, shows the total number of dolphins sighted in a particular visit (month column).
