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MajorLakesinIndia

LakesinIndiaPart1

WularLake kashmirIndiaslargestfreshwaterlake
Formedbytectonicforces
FormsDeltawithriverJhelum
Tulbulproject

DalLake kashmirfreshwaterlake
Srinagarislocatedalongitscoast
ContainsCharChinar&Namiislands

MansarLake Jammukatrahighwayfreshwaterlake
Naturallakeusedmainlyforfishing

NainiLake Uttarakhandfreshwaterlake

SambharLake RajasthanmostsalinelakeofIndia

ListedinRamsarasawetlandofinternationalimportance

PushkarLake Ajmer(Rajasthan),afreshwaterlake

PanchpradaLake Badmer(rajasthan),asalinelake

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DhebarLake RajasthanLargestartificiallakeofIndia
AlsoknownasJaisamandLake
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Builtin17 century,afreshwaterlake

RajsamadLake Rajsamad(Rajasthan)freshwaterlake
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Createdin17 centuarybydammingthewaterofGomti,Kelva&Talirivers
Homeoftwoislands

NakkiLake Abowlshapelake,locatedinMt.Abu(Rajasthan)
Probablyvolcanic

NalSarovarLake SalinewaterlakelocatedinGujrat
largestbirdcenturyofGujrat

NokrekLake FreshwaterlakelocatedinMaghalaya,famousforitsBiodiversity
NokrekNationalPark&Biospherereserve

LoktakLake ManipurLargestfreshwaterlakelocatedinNEIndia
FloatingislandPhundis

LakesinIndiaPart2

BhojWetland AhighlypollutedlakesurroundedbycityofBhopal

Consistsof2lakesviz.upperlake&lowerlake

Kankaria BiggestartificiallakeofAhmedabad

BuiltbySultanAhmedshah,whosenameaccountsforthenameofthecityAhmedabad

Lonar Craterlake,locatedatMaharashtra

Chilka
SalinewaterlagoonlocatedatOrissa
Siberianbirdmigratehereinwinters

UsmanSagar ArtificiallakeofHyderabad,bycreatingadamonriverMusi
CreatedbyNizamUsmanKhanin1920

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KolleruLake Freshwaterlake,Situatedb/wdeltasofGodavari&Krishna
Abirdsanctuary&awetlandunderRamsarlist

PulicatLake SaltwaterlagoonlocatedatthecoastofAndhraPradesh
SeparatedfromtheseabySriharikotaisland

Sholavaram
Arainfedreservoir,locatedatThanjavurinChennai
Duetoscantyrainfallforlastfewyears,lakelookslikeapond

Vembanad Kerala,alagoon,famousforboatcomptetion

Astamudi Kerala,alagoon,underRamsarconvention

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PangongLake Laddakh,b/wIndia&China(Tibet)
NearbyChnaglaPass

TsomoririLake Largesthighaltitudelake,locatedatLadakh
Touristsarenotallowedboatinginthislake

ChandraTal Ahighaltitudelake,locatedatLahaul&SpitidistrictsofHimachalnearbyKunzamPass
Chandrariver,amajortributaryofChenaboriginatedfromChandraTal
DeclaredasawetlandunderRamsarcovention

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SurajTal LocatedbelowBaralachapassatLahaul&SpitidistrictsofHimachal
Remainsfrozenduringthegreaterpartoftheyear

RoopKund Mystrylakeofuttarakhand
AlsoknownasSkeletonlake
672Skeletonshasbeenfoundinthisshallowlake

SukhnaLake Chandigarh

SatTal Quiet&calmgroupof7pristinelakesinlowerHimalayanrangesituatednearBhimtalinUttarakhand

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