Contents:? Introduction, Wetlands: An Overview, Kaliveli Wetland: A Typical Bulwark Against Drought, Assessing Land Use/Land Cover of Kaliveli Watershed Using Remote Sensing and GIS: Implications for Conservation, Soil Quality of Kaliveli and its Surroundings, Water Quality of Kaliveli Lake, Ground Water Quality of Kaliveli Lake and its Surroundings, Primary Productivity of Kaliveli: A Rare Estuarine Wetland of South Indian Peninsula, Macro Flora and the Plankton of Kaliveli, Fishes of the Kaliveli Lake, Avifauna of Kaliveli, In Parting?Overview.