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LAKES OF INDIA
1. FRESH WATER LAKE: Can be Natural or Manmade

1. NATURAL FRESH WATER LAKE: Can be tectonic, glacial, earthquake, Ox bow Lake, Crater

2. MANMADE FRESH WATER LAKE: Reservoir of dam OR Dam

2. SALT WATER LAKE: Mostly natural lakes

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LAKES IN
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INDIA
PANGONG TSO Ladakh, extends from India to the Tibetan Autonomous Region
Andhra Pradesh. Pulicat Lagoon is the second largest brackish water lagoon in
PULICAT LAKE
India, after Chilika Lake. Pulicat Bird Sanctuary.
KOLLERU LAKE Andhra Pradesh. Asia’s largest shallow fresh water lake
HAFLONG LAKE Assam, the hill station in Assam, Tourist attraction
Assam, the largest gathering of aquatic birds during the winter season when
DEEPOR BEEL
around 19000 water birds can be spotted in one day.
CHANDUBI Assam, formed because of the earthquake in 19th century, the forest went down
LAKE and became the lake
KANWAR LAKE Bihar, largest freshwater ox bow lake. Kanwar Bird Sanctuary
HAMIRSAR
Gujarat. Manmade.
LAKE
KANKARIA
Gujarat, Medieval manmade lake.
LAKE
BADKHAL LAKE Haryana, Natural lake with manmade embankment, never Faridabad
BRAHMA Haryana, ancient water pool sacred to Hinduism in Thanesar, in the state of
SAROVAR Haryana in North India.
Himachal Pradesh, lake in the Spiti part of the Lahul and Spiti district of Himachal
CHANDRA TAAL
Pradesh.
GOBIND
Himachal Pradesh. Bhakra Dam on river Sutlej.
SAGAR
MAHARANA Himachal Pradesh, created in 1975, by building the highest earthfill dam in
PRATAP SAGAR India on the Beas River in the wetland zone of the Siwalik Hills
DAL LAKE Jammu Kashmir. Lies in Sri Nagar, Glacial lake.
Jammu Kashmir. Largest Natural fresh water lake of India, on Jhelum river, it is a
WULAR LAKE
tectonic lake.
Karnataka, About 40 species of waterbirds like pelicans and reptiles
AGARA LAKE
such as rat snakes are found.
ULSOOR LAKE One of the biggest in Karnataka
KUTTANAD
Kerala, region surrounding is rice bowl of Kerala
LAKE
SASTHAMKOTTA Kerala, named after the ancient Sastha temple (a pilgrimage centre)
BHOJTAL Madhya Pradesh, ramsar wetland
NATH SAGAR Maharashtra, on River Godavari
SHIVAJI
Maharashtra. Largest artificial fresh water lake of India. Built on River Koyana.
SAGAR
INDIRA SAGAR Madhya Pradesh, On Narmada River
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SARADAR
Fresh water lake, in Gujarat. Four states receive electricity, MH + MP + RJ + GJ
SAROVAR
Manipur. Largest fresh water lake in North East, famous for Phumdis (floating
LOKTAK LAKE
lakes). Keimul Lamjao National Park (Sanghai Deer)
UMIAM LAKE Meghalaya, man made
TAM DIL Dimapur, Mizoram. 30 islands.
Odisha. Largest Brackish water lake of India, it is a Lagoon (Separated from Bay
CHILIKA LAKE
of Bengal)
HARIKE Punjab, Ramsar wetland largest in the north.
KANJLI Punjab, manmade wetland
SAMBHAR LAKE Rajasthan. Largest inland salt water lake. Ramasar site.
DHEBAR LAKE Rajasthan, Small Gomati River in Udaypur
TSOMGO LAKE Sikkim. Glacial Lake.
HUSSAIN Telangana. heart-shaped lake in Hyderabad, Telangana, built by Ibrahim Quli Qutb
SAGAR Shah in 1563
NIZAM SAGAR Built by Nizam of Hyderabad, constructed on Mantra river.
GOVIND
Uttar Pradesh. AKA RIhand Dam, Largest manmade (artificial) lake of India, largest
BHALLABH
dam of India by volume.
PANT SAGAR
BELASAGAR Uttar Pradesh, used for irrigation locally
BHIMTAL Uttarakhand. Tourist destination.
VEMBNAD
Kerala, longest brackish water lake
LAKE
VYNTHALA Kerala, Ox Bow Lake
LONAR LAKE Maharashtra, Crater Lake formed because of fall of meteorite.

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