LAKES IN INDIA-2
NAME OF THE LAKE | SOURCE | STATE/UNION TERRITORY | FEATURES TO BE REMEMBERED |
PAMPA SAGAR | TUNGABHADRA RIVER | KARNATAKA | ALSO KNOWN AS TUNGABHADRA DAM. |
HUSSAIN SAGAR | MUSI RIVER | TELANGANA | WORLD’S LARGEST HEART SHAPED MARKED. MONOLITHIC STATUE OF BUDDHA ERECTED IN 1992. |
OSMAN SAGAR | MUSI RIVER | TELANGANA | DAM WAS BUILT AFTER THE GREAT MUSI FLOOD IN 1908. |
TSOMGO | SIKKIM | ALSO KNOWN AS CHANGU LAKE. BELIEVED THAT THE WATER HAS HEALING QUALITIES. | |
CHOLAMU | SIKKIM | ALSO KNOWN AS TSO LHAMO ALAKE. ONE OF THE HIGHEST LAKES IN THE WORLD. | |
LOKTAK | BARAK AND MANIPUR RIVER. CHIEFLY MANIPUR RIVER | MANIPUR | LARGEST FRESHWATER LAKE IN THE NORTHEAST INDIA. CONSERVED UNDER RAMSAR CONVENTION. KEIBUL LAMJAOONLY FLOATING NATIONAL PARK OF THE WORLD. |
CHILIKA | 52 STREAMS INCLUDING DAYA, BHARGAVI, MAKRA, MALAGUNI AND LUNA RIVERS | LARGEST BRACKISH LAGOON IN INDIA AND SECOND LARGEST IN THE WORLD. UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE. CONSERVED UNDER RAMSAR CONVENTION. | |
KOLLERU | KRISHNA-GODAVARII DELTA. FED BY SEASONALRIVERS BUDAMERU AND TAMMILERU | ANDHRA PRADESH | LARGEST SHALLOW FRESHWATER LAKE IN ASIA. CONSERVED UNDER RAMSAR CONVENTION. |
PULICAT | ARANI, KALANGI AND SWARNMUKHI RIVERS | ANDHRA PRADESH | SECOND LARGEST BRACKISH WATER LAGOON IN INDIA. |
VEERANAM | VADAVARU | TAMIL NADU | IT ACTS AS WATER RESERVOIR. |
CHEMBARAMBAKKAM | RAIN FED. | TAMIL NADU | RIVER ADYAR ORIGINATES FROM THE LAKE. THE RIVER DRIED IN 2019 SUMMERS. THE TWO RAIN FED LAKES ARE PUZHAL LAKE AND CHEMBARAMBAKKAM LAKE. |
SASTHAMKOTTA | KERALA | LARGEST FRSH WATER LAKE IN KERALA. PRESENCE CAVABORUS LARVAE, FEEDS ON BACTERIA MAKES WATER DRINKABLE. CONSERVED UNDER RAMSAR CONVENTION. | |
ASTAMUDI | KALLADA RIVER | KERALA | SECOND LARGEST WETLAND OF KERALA. CONSERVED UNDER RAMSAR CONVENTION. FAMOUS FOR BAOT HOUSES AND BACKWATER RESORTS. |
VEMBANAD | PERIYAR, PAMBA, MUVATTUPUZHA, MEENACHIL, MANIMALA NAD ACHENKOVIL RIVERS. | KERALA | LONGEST LAKE IN INDIA AND LARGEST LAKE OF KERALA. CONSERVED UNDER RAMSAR CONVENTION. A BOAT RACE IS ORGANISED EVERY YEAR. THE WINNER GETS THE NEHRU TROPHY. THE LAKE IS KNOWN BY DIFFERENT NAMES IN DIFFERENT AREAS. VEMBANADU LAKE IN ALAPPUZHA. PUNNAMADA LAKE IN KUTTANAD. KOCHI LAKE IN KOCHI. |
LONAR | MAHARASHTRA | IT IS THE ONLY CRATER LAKE IN INDIA. FORMED BY ASTEROID COLLISION. IT IS SALINE, ALKALINE LAKE. | |
POWAI | MAHARASHTRA | ARTIFICIAL LAKE |