Important Lakes in India
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Top 10 largest Lakes in India
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List of largest Lakes (Decreasing order of size/area covered) |
State |
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Vembanad Lake |
Kerala |
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Chilika Lake |
Odisha |
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Shivaji Sagar Lake |
Maharashtra |
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Indira Sagar lake |
Madhya Pradesh |
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Pangong Lake |
Ladakh |
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Pulicat Lake |
Andhra Pradesh |
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Sardar Sarovar Lake |
Gujarat, Rajasthan |
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Nagarjuna Sagar Lake |
Telangana |
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Loktak Lake |
Manipur |
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Wular lake |
Jammu and Kashmir |
Other Important Lakes in India
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Lakes in India |
State |
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Pulicat lake |
Andhra Pradesh |
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Kolleru Lake |
Andhra Pradesh |
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Haflong Lake |
Assam |
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Deepor Beel |
Assam |
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Chandubi Lake |
Assam |
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Kanwar lake |
Bihar |
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Hamirsar Lake |
Gujarat |
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Kankaria Lake |
Gujarat |
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Badkhal Lake |
Haryana |
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Brahma Sarovar |
Haryana |
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Chandra Taal |
Himachal Pradesh |
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MaharanaPratap Sagar |
Himachal Pradesh |
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Dal Lake |
Jammu Kashmir |
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Wular Lake |
Jammu Kashmir |
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Agara Lake |
Karnataka |
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Ulsoor Lake |
Karnataka |
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Kuttanad Lake |
Kerala |
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Sasthamkotta |
Kerala |
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Bhojtal |
Madhya Pradesh |
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Shivsagar |
Maharashtra |
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Loktak lake |
Manipur |
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Umiam Lake |
Meghalaya |
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Tam Dil |
Mizoram |
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Chilika Lake |
Odisha |
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Harike |
Punjab |
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Kanjli |
Punjab |
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Sambhar Lake |
Rajasthan |
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Tsomgo Lake |
Sikkim |
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Chembarambakkam |
Tamil Nadu |
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Hussain Sagar |
Telangana |
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Govind Bhallabh Pant Sagar |
Uttar Pradesh |
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Belasagar |
Uttar Pradesh |
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Bhimtal |
Uttarakhand |
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Kaliveli |
Tamil Nadu |
Some Important Facts
- Wular lake is one of the biggest freshwater lakes in Asia.
- Cholamu Lake in Sikkim is the highest lake in India.
- Chilika Lake in Odisha is the largest saline water lake in India.
- Vembanad Lake in Kerala is the longest lake in India.
- Upper lake in Madhya Pradesh is the largest artificial lake in Asia.