Important Lakes in India – Geography of India Notes for APSC Exam

Important Lakes in India

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Top 10 largest Lakes in India

List of largest Lakes (Decreasing order of size/area covered)

State

Vembanad Lake

Kerala

Chilika Lake

Odisha

Shivaji Sagar Lake

Maharashtra

Indira Sagar lake

Madhya Pradesh

Pangong Lake

Ladakh

Pulicat Lake

Andhra Pradesh

Sardar Sarovar Lake

Gujarat, Rajasthan

Nagarjuna Sagar Lake

Telangana

Loktak Lake

Manipur

Wular lake

Jammu and Kashmir

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Other Important Lakes in India

Lakes in India

State

Pulicat lake

Andhra Pradesh

Kolleru Lake

Andhra Pradesh

Haflong Lake

Assam

Deepor Beel

Assam

Chandubi Lake

Assam

Kanwar lake

Bihar

Hamirsar Lake

Gujarat

Kankaria Lake

Gujarat

Badkhal Lake

Haryana

Brahma Sarovar

Haryana

Chandra Taal

Himachal Pradesh

MaharanaPratap Sagar

Himachal Pradesh

Dal Lake

Jammu Kashmir

Wular Lake

Jammu Kashmir

Agara Lake

Karnataka

Ulsoor Lake

Karnataka

Kuttanad Lake

Kerala

Sasthamkotta

Kerala

Bhojtal

Madhya Pradesh

Shivsagar

Maharashtra

Loktak lake

Manipur

Umiam Lake

Meghalaya

Tam Dil

Mizoram

Chilika Lake

Odisha

Harike

Punjab

Kanjli

Punjab

Sambhar Lake

Rajasthan

Tsomgo Lake

Sikkim

Chembarambakkam

Tamil Nadu

Hussain Sagar

Telangana

Govind Bhallabh Pant Sagar

Uttar Pradesh

Belasagar

Uttar Pradesh

Bhimtal

Uttarakhand

Kaliveli

Tamil Nadu

Some Important Facts

  1. Wular lake is one of the biggest freshwater lakes in Asia.
  2. Cholamu Lake in Sikkim is the highest lake in India.
  3. Chilika Lake in Odisha is the largest saline water lake in India.
  4. Vembanad Lake in Kerala is the longest lake in India.
  5. Upper lake in Madhya Pradesh is the largest artificial lake in Asia.