List of lakes of India

This is a list of notable lakes in India.[1]

Andhra Pradesh

Assam

Bihar

Chandigarh

Chhattisgarh

Goa

Gujarat

Haryana

Himachal Pradesh

See also: List of lakes in Himachal Pradesh

Jammu and Kashmir

Jharkhand

Ladakh

Karnataka

Kerala

Madhya Pradesh

Maharashtra

Manipur

Meghalaya

Mizoram

Odisha

Puducherry

Punjab

Rajasthan

Ajmer

Udaipur

Sikkim

Tamil Nadu

See also: List of lakes in Tamil Nadu

Telangana

See also: Hyderabad city lakes

Uttar Pradesh

Uttarakhand

Name District Type Size km2 Size Acres Quality Notes
Tehri Lake[3] Tehri Garhwal Man-made 52 12849.50 Freshwater Created by Tehri Dam, in New Tehri
Bhimtal Lake Nainital district Man-made .48 118.61 Freshwater Created from masonry dam in Nainital Distt
Nainital Lake Nainital district Natural .48 118.61 Freshwater Kidney shaped natural freshwater lake in Nainital
Roopkund Lake Chamoli Natural 0.0015 0.37 Freshwater High altitude glacial lake in Chamoli. Also called Skeleton Lake.
Deoria Tal Rudraprayag Natural Freshwater Known for its wide 300° panorama
Suryadhar Lake Dehradun district Man-made .55 0.135908 Freshwater Freshwater lake in Nainital Dehradun dist
Kedar Tal Natural Freshwater

West Bengal

See also

References

  1. ^ Reddy, M. S.; Char, N. V. V. (10 March 2004). "Annex 2. List of Lakes". Management of Lakes in India (PDF). LakeNet's World Lakes Website. pp. 19–20. Archived from the original on 29 May 2005.
  2. ^ "National wetland status for Son Beel". The Telegraph (Calcutta). 10 December 2008. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
  3. ^ "Tehri Lake". euttaranchal.com. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
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