- Which state is home to the largest freshwater lake in India?
Ans- Wular lake in J&K
2. Largest freshwater lake in the world?
Ans- Lake Baikal, Russia
3. Which lake is the largest by surface area in the world?
a) Lake Superior
b) Caspian Sea
c) Lake Victoria
d) Lake Michigan
Ans. (b)
4. Deepest lake – Lake Baikal
5. Which lake was formed by a meteorite impact?
Ans- Lonar (Maharashtra) Crater Lake
6. Which lake is known as the “Queen of Lakes” in Kerala?
Ans- Sasthamkotta Lake
7. Where is Lake Titicaca, the highest navigable lake globally, situated?
Ans- Bolivia and Peru
8. Which lake in Manipur, India, is distinguished by its floating islands of vegetation?
Ans- The most unique thing about Loktak Lake is the floating phumdi. Phumdis are the organic masses composed of vegetation, soil, and decaying matter. Some of these floating islands are big enough to support houses and shops. Keibul Lamjao National Park is the only floating national park in the world.
10. Important lakes and their states
Name State/UT
Pangong Ladakh
Gurdongmar Sikkim (Highest Lake of India)
Vembanad Kerala
Chilka Odissa
Pulicat Andhra Pradesh
Jor Pokhri/ Sukhia Pokhri Darjeeling, WB
Nagarjun Sagar Telengana
Shivaji Sagar Lake Maharashtra
Kolleru Andhra Pradesh
Chandra Taal Himachal Pradesh
Umiyam Meghalaya
Hussain Sagar Andhra Pradesh
Dal Lake Srinagar (J &K)
Bhimtaal Uttarakhand
Nainitaal Uttarakhand
Kanwar( Largest ox bow lake) Bihar
Dhankar Himachal Pradesh
Chamera Himachal Pradesh
11. Chilika Lake in Odisha is the largest saline water lake in India.
12. The Caspian Sea, often referred to as a sea, is technically classified as a lake because it has no outlet to the ocean.
13. Rajasthan has the largest number of salt lakes in India. Rajasthan is the arid state of India with average yearly rainfall appx 58-60 cm. There are large number lakes mostly artificial as well as Natural Lakes.
14. Gobind Sagar lake is the largest man-made lake situated in Bilaspur district of Himachal Pradesh. After Gobind Sagar Dhebar lake in Rajasthan is largest artificial lake.
16. Pong dam also known as Maharana Pratap Sagar is the highest earth fill dam constructed across the river Beas. It is located in Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh.
17. The ‘Chilka lake region’ lies in between the deltas of Mahanadi and Godavari. Chilika Lake is a brackish water lagoon.
19. Rasik Bill is in Cooch Behar district.
20. The ‘Chilka lake region’ lies in between the deltas of Mahanadi and Godavari. Chilika Lake is a brackish water lagoon
21. Lake Tanganyika is an African Great Lake. It is the world’s second-largest freshwater lake by volume and the second deepest, in both cases after Lake Baikal in Siberia. It is the world’s longest freshwater lake.
22. Nokdara lake is in Kalimpong district.
23. The world’s highest lake, if size is not a criterion, may be the crater lake of Ojos del Salado, at 6,390 metres. It is in Andes.
24. Lake Vostok is in Antarctica.
25. Sukna lake in Chandigarh.
26. Tso Moriri lake is in Ladakh.
27. Ashtamudi lake is in Kerala.
28. Tsongmu lake in Sikkim.
29. Located on the border of the United States and Canada are the Great Lakes of North America. They include 5 lakes: Michigan, Huran, Erie, Ontario, and Superior which together contain around 21% of the world’s freshwater supply.
30. Finland has the nickname “Land of the Thousand Lakes” as there are over 187,000 lakes in the country.
31. The study of inland water bodies and ecosystems is called Limnology.
32. The lowest lake in the world is the Dead Sea, on the edge of Israel and Jordan. The surface level is 418 m below sea level.
33. In 1981, Chilika Lake became the first Indian wetland of international importance.
34. Udaipur is known as India’s “City of Lakes.
35. Deepest lake in India Loktak Lake
36. Highest lake in India- Tsho Lamu lake, Sikkim
37. The longest lake in India is Vembanad Lake. It is also the largest lake in the state of Kerala. Vembanad Lake stretches for approximately 96.5 kilometers (60 miles) and has a maximum width of 14 kilometers.
38. Khechipedi lake in Sikkim
39. Nakki lake is at Mount Abu, Rajasthan
40. Kanwar lake is Asia’s largest oxbow lake, located in Begusarai district, Bihar.
41. Roop Kund lake at Uttarakhand is also known as Skeleton Lake/Mystery Lake because of numerous skeletons found at its bottom.
42. Black Sea is not a lake since Bosporus and Dardanelles Straits connect it to the Mediterranean Sea. Many big rivers fall into the Black Sea, making the salinity of its surface water half that of the ocean: 17‰.
43. Caspian Sea and Dead Sea are lakes. The surface and shores of the Dead Sea are 423 metres below sea level, making it Earth’s lowest elevation on land.
44. The Largest Lakes (surface area) by Continent
Australia – Lake Eyre (Salt Lake)
Africa – Lake Victoria, also the third-largest freshwater lake on Earth. It is one of the Great Lakes of Africa.
Antarctica – Lake Vostok (subglacial)
Asia – Lake Baikal (if the Caspian Sea is considered a lake, it is the largest in Eurasia, but is divided between the two geographic continents)
Europe – Lake Ladoga, followed by Lake Onega, both located in northwestern Russia.
North America – Lake Superior.
South America – Lake Titicaca, which is also the highest navigable body of water on Earth at 3,812 metres above sea level. The much larger Lake Maracaibo is a contiguous body of water with the sea, so it is ignored. ,
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