GK Question: List of Important Lakes in India
1.
Bhimtal: Uttarakhand
2.
Govind Bhallabh Pant Sagar: Uttar Pradesh
3.
Belasagar: Uttar Pradesh
4.
Hussain Sagar: Telangana
5.
Chembarambakkam: Tamil Nadu
6.
Kaliveli: Tamil Nadu
7.
Tsomgo Lake: Sikkim
8.
Sambhar Lake: Rajasthan
9.
Harike: Punjab
10.
Kanjli: Punjab
11.
Chilika Lake: Odisha
12.
Tam Dil: Mizoram
13.
Umiam Lake: Meghalaya
14.
Loktak lake: Manipur
15.
Shivsagar: Maharashtra
16.
Bhojtal: Madhya Pradesh
17.
Kuttanad Lake: Kerala
18.
Sasthamkotta: Kerala
19.
Agara Lake: Karnataka
20.
Ulsoor Lake: Karnataka
21.
Dal Lake: Jammu Kashmir
22.
Wular Lake: Jammu Kashmir
23.
Chandra Taal: Himachal Pradesh
24.
MaharanaPratap Sagar: Himachal Pradesh
25.
Badkhal Lake: Haryana
26.
Brahma Sarovar: Haryana
27.
Hamirsar Lake: Gujarat
28.
Kankaria Lake: Gujarat
29.
Kanwar lake: Bihar
30.
Haflong Lake: Assam
31.
Deepor Beel: Assam
32.
Chandubi Lake: Assam
33.
Pulicat lake: Andhra Pradesh
34.
Kolleru Lake: Andhra Pradesh
Note:
• Chilika Lake in
Odisha is the largest saline water lake in India.
• Cholamu Lake in
Sikkim is the highest lake in India.
• Lonar Lake is a
notified National Geo-heritage Monument, saline, soda lake, located at Lonar in
Buldhana district, Maharashtra.
• Vembanad Lake in
Kerala is the longest lake in India.
• Wular lake is
one of the biggest freshwater lakes in Asia and it was formed as a result of
tectonic activity.