Important Lakes of India

Lake is a surface water Body which is surrounded by Land. Lakes are found in various landscapes like Hilly areas, Plains, Plateaus, rift zones, etc. In this article, we will read the state wise list of Natural Lakes in India.

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 to 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 – Wular Lake, Jammu and Kashmir

• Largest Saline water lake in India – Chilka Lake, Orissa • Highest lake in India (Altitude) – Cholamu Lake, Sikkim • Longest Lake in India – Vembanad Lake, Kerala • Largest Artificial Lake in India – GovindVallabh Pant Sagar (Rihand Dam)

Lakes in India

Sr.No Name State District Type of Lakes

1. Pulicat Lake Andhra Pradesh Nellore Brackish 2. Kolleru Lake Andhra Pradesh West Godavari Freshwater 3. Nagarjuna Sagar Telangana Nalgonda Freshwater 4. Haflomg Lake Assam Silchar Freshwater 5. Deepor Beel Assam Kamrup Freshwater 6. Son Beel Assam Begusari Oxbow 7. Chandubi Lake Assam Kamrup Freshwater 8. Kanwar Lake Bihar Begusari Oxbow 9. Hamirsar Lake Gujarat Kutch Artificial 10. Kankaria Lake Gujarat Ahmedabad Artificial 11. Narayan Sarovar Gujarat Kutch Artificial Freshwater 12. Thol Lake Gujarat Mehsana Lentic 13. Vastrapur Gujarat Ahmedabad Freshwater 14. Badkal Lake Haryana Faridabad Freshwater 15. Blue Bird Lake Haryana Hisar Freshwater 16. Brahma Sarovar Haryana Thaneshwar Freshwater 17. Damdama Lake Haryana Sohna Freshwater 18. Karna Haryana Karnal Freshwater 19. Tilyar Haryana Rohtak Freshwater 20. Chandra Taal Himachal Lahuland spiti Sweetwater Pradesh 21. Suraj Tall Himachal Lahul and spiti Freshwater Pradesh

22. Maharana Pratap Sugar Himachal Kangra Freshwater Pradesh 23. Prasar Lake Himachal Mandi Holomitic Pradesh 24. Dal Lake J &K Srinagar Warm Monomitic 25. Pangong Tso J& K Ladakh Endorheic 26. Wular Lake J& K Bandipora Tectonic 27. TsoMoriri J& K Ladakh Saltwater 28. Agata Lake Karnataka Bangalore Freshwater 29. Bellandur Lake Karnataka Banagalore Freshwater 30. Karachi Lake Karnataka Mysore - 31. Ulsoor Lake Karnataka Bangalore Stale Water 32. Kukarahali Lake Karnataka Mysore Freshwater 34. Honnamana Karnataka Kodagu Freshwater 35. Pampa Sarovar Karnataka Hampi Freshwater 36. Ashtamudi Kayal Kerala Lollam Brackish 37. Kuttanad Kerala Alappuzha - 38. Vembanad Kerala - Brackish 39. Shashtamkotta Kerala Kollam Freshwater 40. Bhojtal Madhya Pradesh Bhopal Freshwater 41. Salim Ali Maharashtra Auranagabad Freshwater 42. Shivsagar Maharashtra Satara Freshwater 43. Lonar Lake Maharashtra Buldhana Crater Lake 44. Loktak Lake Manipur - Lenticular Freshwater 45. Tam Dil Mizoram Saitual Freshwater 46. Chilka Lake Orrisa Puri Brackish 47. Kanjia Lake Orrisa Bhubaneswar Freshwater 48. Harike Punjab Ferozpur Freshwater 49. Rupar Punjab Rupanagar Freshwater 50. Kanjli Punjab Kapurthala Freshwater 51. Sambhar Lake Rajasthan Sambhar Lake Saltwater

52. Rajsamand Rajasthan Rajasamand Freshwater 53. Tsongpo Lake Sikkim East Sikkim Freshwater 54. Khecheoplari Sikkim West Sikkim Freshwater 55. Ooty Lake Tamilnadu Nilgris Freshwtaer 56. Chembarambakkam Tamilnadu Chennai Artificial 57. Kodaikanal Lake Tamilnadu Dindugai Artificial 58. Hussain Sagar Telengana Hyderabad Artificial 59. Badrakali Lake Telangana Warangal Freshwater 60. Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar UP Sonbhadra Man made 61. Belasagar UP Kulpahar Freshwater 62. Bhimtal Uttarakhand Nainital Freshwater 63. East Calcutta Wetlands West Bengal Calcutta Brackish 64. Umiam Meghalaya Shillong Freshwater

Important MCQs – Lakes in India

1. Which of the following is NOT true about Kolleru Lake?

(a) It a lake of fresh water.

(b) It is located in the Odisha

(c) It is associated with the Krishna and Godavari Rivers.

(d) Its surface area is 245 km square

Ans. (b)

2. Which of the following is NOT matched correctly?

(a) Pulicat lake: Andhra Pradesh

(b) Maharana Pratap Sagar Lake: Himachal Pradesh

(c) Badkhal Lake: Haryana

(d) Tso Moriri Lake: Nagaland

Ans. (d)

3. Which of the following statement is NOT rue about Wular Lake?

(a) It belongs to Indus River

(b) Its a Fresh-Water lake

(c) It is in Jammu & Kashmir

(d) Its surface area is spread in the range of 30 - 260 km square

Ans. (a)

4. Which of the following is CORRECT about Loktak Lake?

(a) It is in Mizoram state.

(b) It is a salt water lake.

(c) It is the largest fresh water lake in north eastern states of India

(d) Its surface area is 587 Km square

Ans. (c)

5. Which of the following is not true about Pushkar Lake?

(a) It is in Rajasthan state.

(b) It is a natural lake.

(c) It belongs to Luni River

(d) Its surface area is 22 km square

Ans. (b)

6. Where is Dal Lake?

(a) Rajasthan

(b) Himachal Pradesh

(c) Jammu & Kashmir

(d) Odisha

Ans. (c)

7. Which of the following is matched correctly?

(a) Chilka Lake: Andhra Pradesh

(b) Vembanad Lake: Tamil Nadu

(c) Parichu Lake: Tibet

(d) Lonar Lake: Madhya Pradesh

Ans. (c)

8. Which of the following is the largest lake of Tibbet?

(a) Kokonoor

(b) Parichu lake

(c) Kolleru Lake

(d) None of these

Ans. (a)

9. Which of the following is the largest fresh water lake of India?

(a) Pulicat lake

(b) Chilka lake

(c) Wular

(d) Vembanad

Ans. (c)

10. Which of the following statement is not true?

(a) Sambhar lake is used for salt production.

(b) Vembanad lake is a lagoon lake in Kerala

(c) Parichu lake was created due to tectonic activities

(d) Rajasthan has the largest numbers of lakes in India

Ans. (d)