Geography/India/Lakes

# Largest fresh water lake in India: Wular Lake (260 Sq.Km) in J&K
# Largest brackish water lake in India: Chilka Lake (1165Sq.Km) in Odisha 
#Largest saltwater lake in India : Pangaong Tso (700Sq.Km) in J&K
               >Sambar salt lake (375Sq.Km),Rajasthan
# Highest lake in India: Tso-Lamho Lake (Sikkim)
#Longest lake of India  : Vambanattu Lake(Kerala)
# Largest shallow fresh water lake in Asia - Kolleru (Andra pradesh)

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Fresh water Lake :
         >Wular (J&K),Dal Lake(J&K),Vihar Lake (Maharashra),Dipor Bill(Assam),Astamudikayal (kerala),Kanwar Lake (Bihar),Kolleru (Andra Pradesh),Laktak (Manipur)


Salt Water Lake:
             > Pangaong Tso -Saline Lake (J&K),Sambar lake -Ramsar Site(Rajasthan)

Brackish water:
    
             > Chilka LakeRamsar Site (Odisha),Pulikottu (AndraPradesh),Kuth Salt Marsh,Kerala Backwaters




Lagoons:
        >Lagoons are a shallow body of water separated form a lager body of water
        >Lagoons are  divided in to coastal lagoons and atoll lagoons
        > Chilka Lake is the largest coastal lagoon in Odisha and Second largest in the world
        > Pulicat Lake Second largest water loagoon in Andra pradesh (Wet land in Coromandel  Cost)
       >Kolerado National Park :Artifical seasonal lagoons in Rajasthan
    >Locktak Lake : Manipur

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Artificial Lakes:

Sivajisagar - around 892km2-Satara (Maharastra)- Artificial Fresh water  Lake
                   > Koyna dam
Indirasagar - around 627 Sq.Km-Mundi-( Madyapradesh)

Sardarsarovar-around 375 Sq.Km-Navagam (Gujarat)

Nagargunasagar -around 285Sq.km-Nalgonda(Telungana) and Gundur (AP)

        >Nagargunasagar Dam-River Krishna

Gobind Sagar -Artificial Fresh water  Lake around 168 Sq.km-Bilaspur(Himachal Pradesh)
        > Bakra Dam

Cumbum Lake :
       > One of the oldest man-made lakes in Asia
       >second largest irrigation tank in Asia
       > Aslo known as Gundalakkam
       >Built by vijayanagar Princes Varadarajamma wife of Krishnadevaraya
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Kolleru Lake :
     > Kolleru Lakes is located between Krieshna and Gadavari deltas
    >  Wild life sanctuary :  siberian crane,ibis and painted storks are migratary birds

Chilka :
  >Brakish water lagoon, Chilka is at the Mouth of Daya river
  > Chilka lake is home to Irrawaddy dolphin (Oracaella brevrostris)
   > one of the lagoons in the wold home to Irrawaddy dolphin
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 Ramsar Site:

    > Astamudi kayal(Kerala)

    >Sasthamkota Lake (Kerala)

    >Chilka Lake,Kolleru Lake (AP)

    >Rudrasagar Lake or Rudijala Lake (Tripura)

    > Boj wetland consists of two lakes  Bojtal and Lower lake (Madyapradesh)

    >Vembanattu  Kol wetland - Vembanattu Lake (Kerala)
    >Harike Lake (Panchab)
   >sambar lake -Rajasthan
    >Wular Lake
    >Surinsar-Mansar Lake (J&K)
    >Tsomoriri  (J&K) fresh water to brackish lake

    > Bhitarkanika Mangroves  (Odisha),

    >Sundar band Mangroves  (WB) 

    > Nal Sarovar Bird Santuary primarily consists of a Lake. This lake attracts migratory  

       pelicans,white storks,brahminy ducks and herons,Besides this wild ass and Black Buck antelop

  >Saline Lagoons Point Climere Wild Life and Bird Santury
   > Pong Dam Lake (Himachal pradesh)