Major Facts Related to Lakes of India And The World

Major Facts Related to Lakes

The major facts related to lakes are as follows , which can be categeorise into Lakes of the World and The lakes of the India. These are as follows -

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Lakes of the World

Deepest lake – Lake Baikal (1750 m.)
The lowest depth lake – Lake Chad of Africa (3 m.).
Largest lake – Caspian Sea, followed by Lake Tanganyika.
Longest lake – Lake Tanganyika (660 km), Fresh water lake.
Largest fresh water lake – Lake Superior (US) |
Highest navigable lake – Titicaca (located on the border of Peru and Bolivia)
Highest lake – Tisso Sikru (located in the plateau of Tibet).
Largest caldera lake – Tobajil (Indonesia) |
Most salinity lakes – Turkey's Van Lake (330%), Jordan's Dead Sea (238%), America's Great Salt Lake (220%).

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Lakes of India

The lakes located in the deltaic regions of the river Ganges are called Bhils.
The lagoon lake located on the west coast of India is called Kayal.
Bembanad Lake (Kerala) is the largest of the lakes on the west coast.
India's largest coastal lake – Chika Lake (Odisha) – Brackish water lagoon lake.
Fresh water lake – Wular Lake (Jammu & Kashmir) |
India's largest brackish water lake – Sambhar Lake (Rajasthan).
Largest artificial lake – Govind Sagar Lake (Punjab).
India's highest altitude lake – Cholamu Lake (Sikkim).
Northeast India's largest fresh water lake – Loktak Lake (Manipur), Kebullamjao (Floating National Park) is located on this lake. And it is also the only floating national park in the world.

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Border Lakes

Aral Sea – Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.
Lake Victoria – Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya |
Nyasa or Lake Malawi – Tanzania, Malawi and Mozambique.
Tanganyika Zaire – Tanzania and Zambia.

Major Cities Situated on the Banks of Lakes

Uranium City – Athavashta Lake |
Port Radium – Great Bear Lake |
Yellowknife City – Great Slab Lake |
Duluth – Lake Superior |
Madison, Chicago – Lake Michigan |
Detroit – Lake Erie |
Toronto – Lake Ontario

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