Major Lakes in India

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Lakes are valuable source of water and very important part of nature and is important to man.

For your upcoming exams it is very important topic. You may get similar question from this topic.

List of Lakes in India is an important static GK topic for UPSC, MBA, SSC and other government exams. You can expect at least 1-2 questions from lakes in India in any competitive exams. The list of lakes in India down below consist of only important state wise lakes in India.

Name of States	Name of Lakes
Andhra Pradesh	Pulicat Lake Kolleru Lake
Assam	Chandubi Lake Son Beel Saron Beel
Bihar	Kanwar Lake
Chandigarh	Sukhna Lake
Gujarat	Hamirsar Lake Kankaria Nal Sarovar Narayan Sarovar Sardar Sarovar Dam Thol Lake Vastrapur Lake
Haryana	Badkhal Lake Blue Bird Lake Brahma Sarovar Damdama Lake Karna Lake Sannihit Sarovar Surajkund Tilyar Lake
Jammu and Kashmir	Anchar Lake Dal Lake Manasbal Lake Mansar Lake Pangong Tso Sheshnag Lake Tso Moriri Wular Lake
Karnataka	Agara Lake Bellandur Lake Hebbal Lake Lalbagh Lake Madiwala Lake Puttenahalli Lake Ulsoor Lake Karanji lake Kukkarahalli lake Lingambudhi Lake Sulekere Honnamana Kere Pampa Sarovar
Kerala	Ashtamudi Lake Kuttanad Lake Maanaanchira, Kozhikode Padinjarechira, Thrissur city Paravur Kayal Punnamada Lake Shasthamkotta lake Vadakkechira, Thrissur city Vanchikulam, Thrissur Vellayani Lake Vembanad Lake
Madhya Pradesh	Bhojtal Lower Lake, Bhopal Tawa Reservoir
Maharashtra	Gorewada Lake Khindsi Lake Lonar Lake Pashan Powai Lake Rankala Lake Salim Ali Lake Shivasagar lake Talao Pali Upvan Lake Venna Lake
Manipur	Loktak Lake
Meghalaya	Umiam Lake
Mizoram	Palak dïl Tam Dil
Odisha	Anshupa Lake Chilka Lake Kanjia Lake
Puducherry	Bahour Lake Oustery Lake Velrampet Lake Punjab[edit] Harike Wetland Kanjli Wetland Ropar Wetland
Rajasthan	Ana Sagar Lake Balsamand lake Dhebar Lake Jaisamand Lake, Alwar Jal Mahal, Man Sagar lake Kaylana Lake, Kolayat Kaylana Lake Lake Foy Sagar Loonkaransar Nakki Lake Pachpadra Lake Pushkar Lake, Pushkar Rajsamand Lake Ramgarh Lake Sambhar Salt Lake Talwara Lake Ummed Sagar Bandh Fateh Sagar Lake Lake Jaisamand Pichola lake Lake Badi
Sikkim	Gurudongmar Lake Khecheopalri Lake Lake Cholamu Lake Tsongmo
Tamil Nadu	Berijam Lake Chembarambakkam Lake Kaliveli Lake Kodaikanal Lake Ooty Lake Perumal Eri Red Hills Lake Sholavaram Lake Singanallur Lake Veeranam Lake
Telangana	Bhadrakali Lake Durgam Cheruvu Himayat Sagar Hussain Sagar Laknavaram Lake Mir Alam Tank Osman Sagar Pakhal Lake Saroornagar Lake Shamirpet Lake Waddepally Lake
Uttar Pradesh	Barua Sagar Tal Belasagar Lake Keetham Lake Ramgarh Tal Lake
Uttarakhand	Skeleton Lake (Roopkund Lake)
West Bengal	East Calcutta Wetlands Jore Pokhri Mirik Lake Rabindra Sarobar Rasikbil Santragachhi Lake Senchal Lake

Below are some of the Facts Related to Lakes in India:

Kolleru Lake, Andhrapradesh is the largest lake in India.
Wular lake, Jammu-Kashmir is the largest freshwater lake in India.
Sambhar Lake, Rajasthan is the largest inland salt lake in India.
Bhimtal Lake, Uttarakhand is the C-shaped lake in India.
Nainital Lake, Uttarakhand is the Kidney shaped or crescent shaped lake in India.

Below are some of the Facts Related to Lakes around the world:

*Fact*	*Name of the Lake*
Deepest lake in the world	Baikal (fresh water) in Russia
Largest fresh water lake	Lake Superior, between Canada and the USA
Largest lake in the world	Caspian Sea, bounded by Iran, Russia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan
Saltiest lake in the world	Dead Sea bounded by Israel, Jordan and West Bank
Lowest lake in the world	Dead Sea between Israel and Jordan
Largest lake in India	Sambhar lake in Rajasthan
Largest fresh-water lake in India	Kolleru lake in Andhra Pradesh
Largest coastal lagoon in India	Chilka lake in Orissa
Sriharikota island is located in	Pulicat lake in Andhra Pradesh
Country known as land of thousand lakes	Finland

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