LAKES OF INDIA

भारत क' झील+

 LAKES
The low lying areas of the earth’s surface where water
accumulates from various sources

(भत
ू ल के वे )व*तत
ृ ग-ढे ह0 िजनम5 जल भरा होता है )
 Types of Lakes/झील$ के (कार
• Freshwater Lakes / मीठे पानी क= झील5

• Saltwater Lakes / खारे पानी क= झील5

• Glacial Lakes / @हमनदBय झील5

• Crater Lakes / Dवालामख

ु ीय झील5

• Artificial Lakes / कृFGम झील5

 Types of Lakes / झील$ के (कार
Oxbow Lakes (गोखरु झील) Lagoon (लैगन
ू /अनप
ू )
when meandering rivers is Shallow body of water separated
cut-off from mainstream from a larger body by reefs, barrier
!वसप% के अध+चं.ाकार 1ह3स4 के मल
islands, etc.
ू
धारा से कट जाने और उनम= जल एक उथला जलाशय जो Hायः Hवाल
इक?ठा हो जाने से होता है Jभ!Lय4 अथवा बालू Nवारा सम.
ु से अलग
बना रहता है
 Lakes in India/ भारत क- झील.
• Largest Freshwater Lake – Wular/ वल
ु र झील (J&K)

• Largest Freshwater Lake in North-East India –

Loktak/ लोकटक (Manipur)

• Largest Brackish Water Lake/Lagoon – Chilika/

JचLका (Odisha)

• Largest Artificial Lake – Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar -

reservoir of Rihand Dam (U.P. & M.P.)
 Lakes in India/ भारत क' झील+
• Largest inland Salt water Lake – Sambhar
(Rajasthan)

• Longest Lake – Vembanad/वेMबनाड (Kerala) 96.5 km

• Highest Lake - Cholamu or Tso Lhamo (Sikkim)

17,487 feet (Gurudongmar Lake 2nd highest –
17,100 feet)
 Ramsar Sites
• For conservation of wetlands – Convention (सं,ध) in Ramsar,
Iran

• Adopted – 2nd Feb 1971; Came into force in 1975

• As on 2020 – 37 Ramsar Sites in India

• Montreux Record – Register of those Ramsar sites where

ecological changes have occurred or are occurring –
Keoladeo National Park (Rajasthan) & Loktak Lake
(Manipur)
 JAMMU AND KASHMIR
• Wular Lake/ वलु र झील
• Dal Lake/ डल झील
• Anchar Lake/ अंचार झील
• Barinag lake/ बेरBनाग झील
• Sheshnag Lake/ शेषनाग झील
• Nagin Lake/ नाJगन झील (jewel in the ring)
• Vishansar Lake/ )वशनसर झील
• Mansar Lake/ मानसर झील – Ramsar Site
• Gadsar Lake/ गड़सर झील (lake of fishes)
• Manasbal Lake/ मानसबल झील (क/मीर के झील2 का
सबसे 5े6ठ र8न)
 Wular Lake/ वल
ु र झील
v Largest fresh water lake in India

vBandipora (बांडीपोरा) district in J&K

v Fed by the Jhelum River (झेलम नदB)

v Lake basin formed as a result of tectonic activity

(:ववत=>नक ग>त:व,ध)

vThe lake's size varies seasonally 30 to 260 km2

vRamsar Site since 23 March 1990

 Dal Lake / डल झील
vSecond largest in Jammu and Kashmir
v Named the Lake of Flowers, Jewel in the crown of
Kashmir or Srinagar's Jewel (Uीनगर का गहना)
 UTTARAKHAND
vRoopkund Lake/Vपकंु ड - Skeleton lake (कंकाल झील)/
mystery lake (रह@मयी झील) - notable for hundreds of skeletons
at the lake's edge found in 1942

vBhimtal Lake/ भीमताल - largest lake in Kumaon region

vNainital Lake/ नैनीताल झील – Nainital - lake district of India

vDevtal Lake/ दे वताल

vMalatal Lake/ मालाताल
vSattal Lake/ सEाल झील
 RAJASTHAN
vSambhar Lake/सांभर झील - India's largest
inland salt lake – Ramsar site

vLunkaransar Lake/ लण
ू करणसर झील (natural)
vPachpadra Lake/ पचपदरा झील (natural)
vNakki Lake/ नXक= झील
vRajsamand Lake/ राजसमYद झील
vBalsamand lake/ बालसमंद झील
vDhebar Lake / ढे बर/ जयसमYद झील (India’s 2nd largest
artificial lake)
vPushkar Lake/ पZु कर झील
 MAHARASHTRA - Lonar Lake/ लोनार झील
• Also known as Lonar crater
• Notified National Geo-heritage Monument
• Located at Lonar in Buldhana district, Maharashtra
• Was created by an asteroid collision with
earth impact during the Pleistocene Epoch
([लेइ*टो]सन यग
ु )
 ORISSA

• Chilika Lake/ JचLका झील

• Victoria Sagar Lake/ )वXटो^रया सागर झील

• Anshupa Lake/ अंशप

ु ा झील

• Kanjia Lake/ कंिजया झील

 Chilika Lake/ /च1का झील
v Ramsar Site

vLargest brackish water lagoon in India

(भारत म5 खारे पानी क= सबसे बड़ी झील)

vSecond largest brackish water lagoon in the world

vSpread over the Puri, Khurda and Ganjam districts

of Odisha state on the east coast of India

v It is the largest coastal lagoon in India

 MANIPUR - Loktak Lake/ लोकटक झील
vRamsar Site, also under Montreux Record (म_`े Xस रे कॉडb)

vLargest freshwater lake in North-Eastern India.

vAlso called the only floating lake in the world due to the
floating Phumdis.

vLocated on this phumdi - Keibul Lamjao National

Park (केयबल
ु लामजाओ रा6HIय उKयान)- the only floating national
park in the world

vPark is the last natural refuge of endangered Sangai (state

animal of Manipur)
 Sangai
Phumdi
 SIKKIM
vCholamu Lake/ चोलामु / Tso Lhamo/ cसो Lहामो झील
- (Highest lake of India)

vGurudongmar Lake/गुdड_गमार झील

vKhecheopalri Lake/केचेओपरLfी झील

vTsongmo Lake/ cस_गमो झील

vSamiti Lake/स]मgत झील

 KERALA
•Vembanad Lake/वेMबनाड झील (Ramsar site)

•Ashtamudi Lake/अZटमड
ु ी झील (Ramsar Site)

•Periyar Lake/पे^रयार झील

•Sasthamkotta lake/ सा*थामकोiटा झील (queen of lakes) -

largest freshwater lake in Kerala

•Vellayani Lake/वेLलयानी झील

•Veli Lake/ वे]ल झील

 Vembanad Lake/ वे3बनाड झील
vRamsar Site

vIndia’s longest lake

vLargest lake/ brackish lagoon (Kayal) in Kerala

vKayal - Kerala backwaters - shallow lagoons or inlets of the

sea, lying parallel to the coastline.
 ANDHRA PRADESH
vPulicat Lagoon/ पल
ु Bकट झील
vSecond largest brackish water lagoon in India
vBetween Andhra Pradesh & Tamil Nadu

vKolleru Lake/ कोलेV झील

vFreshwater Lake
vRamsar Site
vLocated between Krishna and Godavari delta
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