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Important Lakes in

Natural Lakes in India (State Wise)

A) There are various types of lakes which can be classified based on different criteria – They are Fresh Water Lakes, Salt Water lakes, Natural Lakes, Artificial Lakes, oxbow lake, Crater Lake etc.

Note-

• Crater Lake- Formed due volcanic activity • Oxbow Lake- Formed by river deposits

B) Lakes have various applications like drinking water, irrigation, navigation, water storage, livelihood (fishing, etc.), impact on microclimate, etc.

Important Facts

• Largest freshwater lake in India – , Jammu and Kashmir • Largest Saline water lake in India – Chilka Lake, Orissa • Highest lake in India (Altitude) – Cholamu lake, • Longest Lake in India – lake, • Largest Artificial Lake in India – Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar (Rihand Dam)

Lakes in India

S.N Name State District Type of Facts/Descript o. Lakes ion 1 Pulicat Lake Andhra Nellore Brackish It encompasses Pradesh Water Pulicat Lake Bird Sanctuary; Satish Dhawan Space Centre located here 2 Andhra West Freshwater Home to Pradesh Godavari migratory birds 3 Nagarjuna Sagar Telangan Nalgonda Freshwater Artificially a constructed; Krishna river 4 Haflong Lake Silchar Freshwater High altitude lake 5 DeeporBeel Assam Kamrup Freshwater Under Ramsar Convention 6 Son Beel Assam Karimganj Freshwater Largest wetland (Tectonically in Assam formed) 7 Chandubi lake Assam Kamrup Freshwater Migratory Birds (winter); formed by 1897 earthquake 8 Kanwar Lake Begusarai Oxbow Asia’s largest (freshwater) freshwater oxbow lake; 9 Kutch Artificial Situated in the centre of 10 Gujarat Artificial During 14th century by Muhammed Shah II 11 Gujarat Kutch Artificial Pilgrimage site freshwater for Hindus 12 Gujarat Lentic lake Constructed for irrigation purpose 13 Gujarat Ahmedabad Freshwater ; Picnic spot 14 Badkal Lake Freshwater Man made 15 Haryana Freshwater Migratory Birds, Wetland Habitat 16 Haryana Thaneswar Freshwater Ancient water pool sacred to 17 Haryana Freshwater Constructed by the British government for Rainwater Harvesting 18 Karna Haryana Freshwater Connected to great epic 19 Tilyar Haryana Freshwater Located inside (canal Tilyar Zoo inflow) 20 Chandra Taal Himachal Lahul and Sweetwater Ramsar Pradesh Spiti lake wetland site 21 Suraj Taal Himachal Lahul and Freshwater Bhaga River Pradesh Spiti (High inflow Altitude) 22 MaharanaPratapS Himachal Kangra Freshwater Ramsar site agar Pradesh 23 Himachal Mandi Holomitic It has a floating Pradesh (Freshwater) Island 24 Dal lake J &K Srinagar Warm Remnants monomitic of past glacial period 25 Pangong Tso J &K Endorheic Indo-China Lake (saline Border water) 26 Wular lake J &K Bandipora Tectonic Largest lake (fresh freshwater lake water) in India 27 TsoMoriri J &K Ladakh Saltwater High altitude lake 28 Agata lake Bangalore Freshwater Located in southwest part of the city 29 Bellandur Lake Karnataka Bangalore Freshwater - 30 Karachi lake Karnataka Mysore - Butterfly park 31 Ulsoor lake Karnataka Bangalore Stale water It has several islands 32 Kukarahalli lake Karnataka Mysore Freshwater Recreational 33 Honnamana Karnataka Kodagu Freshwater Holy lake, the place for various festivals 34 Pampa Sarovar Karnataka Hampi Freshwater Tungabhadra river 35 Ashtamudi Kayal Kerala Kollam Brackish Ramsar water wetland site 36 Kuttanad Kerala Alappuzha, Backwater Kottayam paddy cultivation 37 Vembanad Kerala - Brackish Ramsar water wetland; boat race 38 Shashtamkotta Kerala Kollam Freshwater Ramsar wetland 39 Bhojtal Madhya Bhopal Freshwater Ramsar site Pradesh 40 Salim Ali Maharash Aurangabad Freshwater Birdwatching tra 41 Shivsagar Maharash Satara Freshwater Koyna dam tra 42 Maharash Buldhana Crater lake National Geo- tra Heritage monument 43 - Lenticular Ramsar freshwater wetland; Phumdis (Floating Islands); Multipurpose project 44 Umiam Meghalay Shillong Freshwater Famous for a cycling and boating 45 Tam Dil Saitual Freshwater - 46 Orissa Puri Brackish India's largest water brackish water lake; lagoon 47 Kanjia lake Orissa Bhubanesw Freshwater Wetland of ar national importance 48 Harike Ferozepur Freshwater Ramsar wetland site 49 Rupar Punjab Rupnagar Freshwater Manmade riverine lake 50 Kanjli Punjab Kapurthala Freshwater Ramsar wetland site 51 Sambhar lake Sambhar Saltwater Ramsar Lake-town wetland; largest inland saltwater lake in India 52 Rajsamand Rajasthan Rajsamand Freshwater - 53 Tsomgo lake Sikkim East Sikkim Freshwater Winter frozen 54 Khecheoplari Sikkim West Freshwater Sacred lake for Sikkim Hindus and Buddhists 55 Ooty lake Tamilnadu Nilgiris Freshwater Boat House 56 Chembarambakka Tamilnadu Chennai Artificial lake - m 57 Kodaikanal Lake Tamilnadu Dindigul Artificial lake - district 58 Hussain Sagar Telangan Hyderabad Artificial lake Artificial a Gibraltar rock island 59 Badrakali lake Telegana Warangal Freshwater Artificial lake 60 Govind Ballabh Uttar Sonbhadra Man-made Rihand dam Pant Sagar Pradesh lake 61 Belasagar Uttar Kulpahar Freshwater Irrigation lake Pradesh 62 Bhimtal Uttarakha Nainital Freshwater Medium altitude nd lake 63 East Calcutta West Calcutta Brackish Ramsar wetlands Bengal water wetland