Lakes in India

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A lake is an area of water with land surrounding it. There are millions of lakes in the world, and they can be found in plains, mountains, deserts, and coastal locations, as well as on every continent. Lakes are different.

In terms of size and other features. While the majority of lakes are permanent, others only contain water during the rainy season, particularly in semi-arid interior drainage basins.

India's lakes are diverse in their origins, sizes, and functions, and they are essential to both the nation's environment and human activity.

They might be grouped according to where they came from:

• Fresh or saltwater
• Artificial or natural
• Oxbow lakes
• Crater lakes

Lakes that are freshwater:

• Wular Lake
• Shivaji Sagar Lake
• Sambhar Lake
• Lonar Lake
• Chilka Lake
• Pulicat Lake
• Pangong Tso Lake

 Natural Lakes in India:

• Dal Lake
• Sasthamkotta Lake
• Vembanad Lake
• Nagarjuna Sagar Lake
• Kolleru Lake
• Gobind Sagar Lake
• Dhebar Lake
• Kanwar Lake

The Oxbow Lakes of India include:

• Kabar Taal Lake
• Vynthala Lake
• Bhojtal Lake
• Gobind Sagar Lake
• Jaisamand Lake

Hussain Sagar Lake