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Fresh water and Salt water Lakes in India 

Freshwater Lakes in India: List with Details

Wular Lake: Location is Bandipora, Jammu & Kashmir. Type is Natural freshwater. Area is 189 sq km. Details: Tectonic origin, Ramsar site.

Loktak Lake: Location is Bishnupur, Manipur. Type is Natural freshwater. Area is 287 sq km. Details: Phumdis, only floating national park.

Kolleru Lake: Location is West Godavari, Andhra Pradesh. Type is Natural freshwater. Area is 245 sq km. Details: Between Godavari and Krishna deltas.

Dal Lake: Location is Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir. Type is Natural freshwater. Area is 22 sq km. Details: Urban, shikaras.

Sasthamkotta Lake: Location is Kollam, Kerala. Type is Natural freshwater. Area is 3.73 sq km. Details: Largest in Kerala.

Upper Lake: Location is Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. Type is Artificial freshwater. Area is 36 sq km. Details: Ramsar, drinking water.

Nainital Lake: Location is Nainital, Uttarakhand. Type is Natural freshwater. Area is 0.48 sq km. Details: Tectonic.

Bhimtal Lake: Location is Nainital, Uttarakhand. Type is Natural freshwater. Area is 0.47 sq km. Details: Aquarium on island.

Pushkar Lake: Location is Ajmer, Rajasthan. Type is Natural freshwater. Area is 0.22 sq km. Details: Holy lake.

Tsomgo Lake: Location is East Sikkim. Type is Natural freshwater (glacial). Area is 0.24 sq km. Details: Sacred.

Gurudongmar Lake: Location is North Sikkim. Type is Natural freshwater (glacial). Area is 1.18 sq km. Details: High-altitude.

Ulsoor Lake: Location is Bengaluru, Karnataka. Type is Artificial freshwater. Area is 0.5 sq km. Details: Boating.

Powai Lake: Location is Mumbai, Maharashtra. Type is Artificial freshwater. Area is 2.1 sq km. Details: Crocodiles.

Hussain Sagar: Location is Hyderabad, Telangana. Type is Artificial freshwater. Area is 5.7 sq km. Details: Buddha statue.

Umiam Lake: Location is Shillong, Meghalaya. Type is Artificial freshwater. Area is 10 sq km. Details: Reservoir.

 

Saltwater Lakes in India: List with Details

Chilika Lake: Location is Puri-Khordha-Ganjam, Odisha. Type is Brackish saltwater. Area is 1165 sq km. Details: Irrawaddy dolphins.

Sambhar Lake: Location is Jaipur, Rajasthan. Type is Inland saltwater. Area is 230 sq km. Details: Salt harvesting.

Pangong Tso: Location is Ladakh. Type is Endorheic saltwater. Area is 604 sq km. Details: Saline, frozen in winter.

Pulicat Lake: Location is Nellore, Andhra Pradesh. Type is Brackish saltwater. Area is 759 sq km. Details: Flamingos.

Vembanad Lake: Location is Kottayam-Alappuzha, Kerala. Type is Brackish saltwater. Area is 2033 sq km. Details: Backwater tourism.

Lonar Lake: Location is Buldhana, Maharashtra. Type is Saline soda lake (crater). Area is 1.13 sq km. Details: Meteor impact.

Ashtamudi Lake: Location is Kollam, Kerala. Type is Brackish saltwater. Area is 61 sq km. Details: Eight arms.

Tsomoriri Lake: Location is Ladakh. Type is Saltwater (high-altitude). Area is 120 sq km. Details: Ramsar site.

Suraj Tal: Location is Himachal Pradesh. Type is Saltwater (glacial). Area is small. Details: High pass lake.

Didwana Lake: Location is Nagaur, Rajasthan. Type is Inland saltwater. Area is 5 sq km. Details: Salt production.

Lunkaransar Lake: Location is Bikaner, Rajasthan. Type is Inland saltwater. Area is 2 sq km. Details: Playa lake.

Pachpadra Lake: Location is Barmer, Rajasthan. Type is Inland saltwater. Area is small. Details: Salt lake.

Kutch Salt Marsh Lakes (various): Location is Kutch, Gujarat. Type is Saltwater marshes. Area varies. Details: Rann of Kutch.

Deedwana Lake: Location is Nagaur, Rajasthan. Type is Saltwater. Area is 5.7 sq km. Details: Dry most of year.

Sujangarh Lake: Location is Churu, Rajasthan. Type is Saltwater. Area is small. Details: Seasonal.

 

 

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Lakes in India: Details from Largest to Smallest - Read 

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