Major Facts Related to Lakes of India And The World

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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.

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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