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CHILIKA LAKE- AN OVERVIEW A.K. PATTNAIK Chief Executive, Chilika Development Authority, Bhubaneswar ABSTRACT Chilika is the biggest lagoon along the East-coast of India, situated between latitudes 190 28 and190 54 N” and longitude 850 05 and 850 38 E. It covers the Puri, Khurda and Ganjam districts ofOdisha. It is separated from Bay of Bengal by a sand bar whose width varies from 100 MTS to 1.5 Kms. A 32 Kms long narrow outer channel connects the main lagoon to the Bay of Bengal nearvillage Arakhakuda. The lagoon can be broadly divided into four ecological zones, the southernzone, the central zone, the Northern zone and the outer channel. The water-spread of the lagoon varies between 1165 Sq.kms to 906 Sq.Kms during monsoon andsummer respectively. The lagoon is pear shaped, with linear maximum length of 64.3Kms andthe average mean width of 20.1 Kms, the mean width during summer and monsoon is 14.08Kmsand 18.10 Kms respectively. The vegetarian free area of the Lagoon is 726 Sq.Kms where as thearea covered with macro-phyte is 179Sq.Kms (varies seasonally). The Lagoon is an estuarine oneand a unique assemblage of marine, brackish water and fresh water ecosystem. Over one millmmigratory Water-fowl, Shore-birds and resident birds winter here, thus it is a hot-spot of Biodiversity and a wetland of international importance. SEDIMENT DYNAMICS AT CHILIKA OUTER CHANNEL A. K. Pattnaik, P.Chandramohan, B.K. Jena Chief Executive, Chilika Development Authority, Bhubaneswar Indomer Coastal Hydraulics (P) Ltd., 6, Sagarika Appt., Dona Paula, Panaji, Goa-403004. ABSTRACT Tidal inlet is a short and narrow waterway, connecting either a bay or lagoon with ocean, whichis maintained by the tide with its ebb and floods flows. The main flow in a tidal inlet around a yearis caused by astronomic tides and in some cases with tributary fresh water inflow. The tidal inletcan be broadly classified into three main groups viz, i) geological origin, ii) hydrol