It was formed as a result of an irrigation dam in 1910.
Due to its ecological significance, it was designated as a Ramsar wetland site on 2021.
[1] The Wadhvana Wetland is considered internationally important as it provides a wintering ground to migratory water birds that migrate on the Central Asian Flyway.
[2] These water birds include endangered or near-threatened species like the Dalmatian pelican (Pelecanus crispus), Pallas's fish eagle (Haliaeetus leucoryphus), common pochard (Aythya ferina), ferruginous duck (Aythya nyroca) and grey-headed fish eagle (Icthyophaga ichthyaetus).
[3] The red-crested pochard (Netta rufina), a duck that is otherwise rare in Western India, is observed in this wetland during winter.