Lakes of India
What are Lakes?
- Lakes are static bodies of water that are surrounded by land on all sides. They vary in size and depth.
Which is the largest lake in the world?
- The Caspian Sea (The largest inland water body) is the world’s largest lake, followed by the superior lake (North America) and the Victoria lake ( Africa).
The largest lake in India
- In India, Chilka Lake is the largest saltwater lake while Wular Lake is the largest freshwater lake.
List of important Lakes in India with related states/UT
(In the table below the important lakes are listed which are always asked in exams like UPSC, UPPSC, BPSC, and others exams. This table contains the list of lakes including their nature like freshwater lakes, saline lakes/brackish lakes lagoons, etc.)
| S.No. | Lake | State/UT |
| 1 | Asthamudi (Lagoon) | Kerala |
| 2 | Bhimtal | Uttarakhand |
| 3 | Chilka (Lagoon) Largest Saline water lake |
Odisha |
| 4 | Dal Lake | Kashmir |
| 5 | Devtal Lake (Highest lake) |
Uttarakhand |
| 6 | Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar
Largest man-made lake in India on Rihand dam in Uttar Pradesh and the border of Madhyapradesh |
Uttarpradseh (Rhand dam) |
| 7 | Kanwar Lake or Kabar Taal or Kabar Wetland Asia’s largest freshwater oxbow lake |
Bihar |
| 8 | Kolleru
Located between Krishna and Godavari deltas Kolleru Lake is one of the largest freshwater lakes in India. |
Andhra Pradesh |
| 9 | Loktak Lake Loktak Lake is a freshwater lake |
Manipur |
| 10 | Lonar Lake
Also called Lonar Crater It is notified of, the National Geo- Heritage Monument, Saline, and Soda Lake. It was created during the Pleistocene epoch by a meteorite collision. Located at Lonar in Buldhana district Maharastra. |
Maharashtra |
| 11 | Naini Tal | Uttarakhand |
| 12 | Nakki Lake Situated in the Indian hill station in Mount Abu in the Aravalli range. |
Rajasthan |
| 13 | Nizam Sagar | Andhra Pradesh |
| 14 | Parashuram Kund | Arunachal Pradesh |
| 15 | Pong Morari | Ladakh |
| 16 | Pulicut Lake
Second largest brackish water lagoon after Chilka lake in India. |
Andhra Pradesh |
| 17 | Pushkar Lake | Rajasthan |
| 18 | Rabindra Sarobar
Also called Dhakuria lake |
West Bengal |
| 19 | Salt lake | Kolkata |
| 20 | Sambhar Lake
Inland Salt lake |
Rajasthan |
| 21 | Thol Lake
Artificial freshwater lake |
Gujarat |
| 22 | Tso Moriri
Also called a mountain lake situated on the Changthang plateau in Ladakh. Protected as Tso Moriri wetland conservation reserve. Situated at an altitude of 4,522m. |
Ladakh |
| 23 | Udaipur Lake
also called Pichola Lake |
Rajasthan |
| 24 | Upper and Lower lakes
In Bhopal, the Lower Lake is also called ‘Chotta Talab’ |
Madhya Pradesh |
| 25 | Vembanad Kayal (Lagoon)
It is the longest lake in India and the largest lake in Kerala. It is the second-largest Ramsar site with an area of 2033 sq. km. in India after the Sunderbans. |
Kerala |
| 26 |
Vynthala Lake- is a natural oxbow lake found in Vynthala, the Thrissur District of Kerala. It was formed from a “cutoff” of the Chalakudy River which flows near it. The lake is considered to be the only naturally formed Oxbow lake in the whole of south India. |
Kerala |
| 27 | Wular Lake
Largest freshwater Lake in India This lake is fed by the Jhelum River and formed by tectonic activities. Became Ramsar site in 1990 |
Kashmir
(Sited in Bandipora district of Jammu and Kashmir) |
| 28 | Deedwana Lake
Saline water lake (High quantity of fluoride in salt, so non-edible salt is found produced) |
Rajasthan, Nagaur |
| 29 | Kuchaman (Salt Lake)
Saline water lake |
Rajasthan, Nagaur |
Lakes in India on map:
Important lakes in India: Map view (Note: map not for scale)
Important lakes of India
You can also read:
- Biosphere Reserves in India
- Ramsar site is a wetland site
- Major waterfalls in India
- Important lakes of the world
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