LAKES IN INDIA-1

WULAR LAKE.
DAL LAKE.
NAGARJUNA SAGAR.
JAISAMAND LAKE/DHEBAR LAKE.

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.