LAKES IN INDIA-2

LONAR LAKE.
CHOLAMU LAKE.
KOLLERU LAKE.
LOKTAK LAKE.

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