LAKES IN INDIA-1
NAME OF THE LAKE | SOURCE | STATE/UNION TERRITORY | FEATURES TO BE REMEMBERED |
PANGONG TSO | LADAKH | CONSERVED UNDER RAMSAR CONVENTION. ENDORHEIC LAKE. SALINE WATER | |
TSO MORIRI | SPRINGS | LADAKH | ENDORHEIC LAKE. OLIGOTROPHIC. ALKALINE WATER. |
WULAR | JHELUM RIVER | JAMMU AND KASHMIR | LARGEST FRESHWATER LAKE IN INDIA. LAKE BASIN FORMED DUE TO TECTONIC ACTIVITY. OX-BOW LAKE. TULBUL HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT. |
DAL | JHELUM RIVER | JAMMU AND KASHMIR | THE JEWEL IN CROWN OF KASHMIR. ASIA’S LARGEST TULIP GARDEN ON THE BANKS OF THE LAKE. TWO ISLANDS- SONA LANKA AND RUPA LANKA. |
MANSAR | JAMMU AND KASHMIR | CONSERVED UNDER RAMSAR CONVENTION. | |
GOVIND SAGAR | SUTLEJ-BEAS RIVERS | HIMACHAL PRADESH | WORLD’S HIGHEST GRAVITY DAM. ARTIFICIAL LAKE NEAR BHAKRA NANGAL DAM. |
RENUKA | HIMACHAL PRADESH | CONSERVED UNDER RAMSAR CONVENTION. LARGEST LAKE IN THE STATE. IT IS 672 M ABOVE SEA LEVEL. | |
SURAJ | HIMACHAL PRADESH | THE LAKE OF SUN GOD. THIRD HIGHEST IN INDIA AND 21 HIGHEST IN THE WORLD. | |
CHANDRA | HIMACHAL PRADESH | THE LAKE OF MOON. CONSERVED UNDER RAMSAR CONVENTION. | |
NAKO | HIMACHAL PRADESH | IT IS A HIGH ALTITUDE LAKE. | |
ROOPKUND | GLACIAL | UTTARAKHAND | DISCOVERED BY H .K. MADHWAL IN 1942. FAMOUS AS MYSTERY AND SKELETON LAKE. LIES UNDER TRISHUL MASSIF. |
TEHRI | BHAGIRATHI RIVER | UTTARAKHAND | THE HIGHEST DAM OF INDIA. CLAY DAM. |
BHIMTAL | UTTARAKHAND | A ‘C’ SHAPED LAKE. KUMAON-LAKE DISTRICT OF INDIA. LARGEST NATURAL LAKE. DAM-MASONRY BUILT IN 1883. | |
NANITAL | SPRINGS | UTTARAKHAND | ORIGIN TECTONIC. KIDNEY, BEAN OR CRESENT SHAPE. |
SATTAL | UTTARAKHAND | FAMOUS AS SAT TAL | |
GOVIND BALLABH PANT SAGAR | RIHAND RIVER | UTTAR PRADESH | FAMOUS AS RIHAND DAM. INDIA’S LARGEST ARTIFICIAL LAKE. LARGEST DAM IN TERMS OF VOLUME. A CONCRETE GRAVITY DAM. |
SAMBHAR | MENDHA, RUNPANGARH, KAHNDEL AND KARIAN RIVERS. THE FORMER TWO ARE THE MAINSTREAMS. | RAJASTHAN | CONSERVED UNDER RAMSAR CONVENTION LARGEST INLAND SALT LAKE. |
DHEBAR | GOMATI RIVER | RAJASTHAN | FAMOUS AS JAISAMAND LAKE. ASIA’S SECOND LARGEST ARTIFICIAL LAKE AND INDIA’S LARGEST ARTIFICIAL |
PUSHKAR | LUNI RIVER | RAJASTHAN | TIRTH GURU. FAMOUS PUSHKAR FAIR. |
NAKKI | RAJASTHAN | MOUNT ABU HILL STATION. HOLY LAKE GANDHI JI’S ASHES WERE IMMERSED INTO THE LAKE. | |
PACHPANDRA | RAJASTHAN | SALT LAKE. | |
RAJSAMAND | GOMATI, KELWA AND TALI RIVERS. | RAJASTHAN | |
RANA PRATAP SAGAR | CHAMBAL RIVER. | RAJASTHAN | HYDROELECTRIC POWER PROJECT- RANA PRATAP SAGAR. POWER GENERATION-172 MW. |
JAWAHAR SAGAR | CHAMBAL RIVER | RAJASTHAN | POWER GENERATION-60 MW. |
GANDHI SAGAR | CHAMBAL RIVER | MADHYA PRADESH | POWER GENERATION-115 MW. |
BHOJTAL | KOLAN | MADHYA PRADESH | LARGEST ARTIFICIAL LAKE IN ASIA. CONSERVED UNDER RAMSAR CONVENTION. |
TAWA | TAWA | MADHYA PRADESH | FORMS WESTERN BOUNDARY OF SATPURA NATIONAL PARK AND BORI WILDLIFE SANCTUARY. |
UKAI | TAPI RIVER | GUJARAT | EARTH CUM MASONRY DAM. POWER GENERATION- 300 MW. |
NALSAROVAR | BRAHMANI AND BHOGAVA RIVERS | GUJARAT | ONE OF THE LARGEST WETLANDS AND BIRD SANCTUARY IN INDIA. CONSERVED UNDER RAMSAR CONVENTION. |
NAGARJUNA SAGAR | KRISHNA RIVER | ANDHRA PRADESH-TELANGANA | INDIA’S SECOND BIGGEST RESERVIOUR WITH CAPACITY OF 312 TMC. |
NIZAM SAGAR | MANJIRA RIVER | TELANGANA | OLDEST DAM IN TELANGANA. |