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*The largest fresh water lake in north-east India
Ans : Loktak Lake
*It is also called the Floating Islands lake due to the floating Phundis (Islands) on it.
*It is located near Moirang in Manipur.
*Menmecho lake is a mountain lake located in Sikkim
Ans : Largest artificial lake of India - Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar (Rihandh dam)
*The largest man made lake in South India
Ans : Nagarjuna Sagar (Andhra Pradesh)
*An artificial fresh water lake situated in Udaipur city where the Jag Mandir (Lake Garden Palace) located
Ans : Lake Pichola
*Bhimtal lake locate at Nainital
*The largest Ox-bow lake in India
Ans : Kanwar Lake (Bihar)
*The Kanwar oxbow lake is formed due to the meandering of
Ans : Gandak river
*The sacred lake in the Ajmer district of Rajasthan
Ans : Pushkar lake
*Pushkar lake is fed by river
Ans : Luni
*The artificial lake formed by Bhakra dam
Ans : Gobind Sagar
*The lake situated in the Aravalli range
Ans : Nakki Lake
Dal Lake
*Dal lake is well known for houseboats (Srinagar).
*The lake which is known as ‘jewel in the crown of Kashmir’
Ans : Dal Lake
*House Boats in Dal lake are known as Shikhara.
Important lakes in India
*Chilka lake - Odisha
*Kolleru lake - Andra Pradesh
*Pulicat lake - Andra Pradesh,Tamil Nadu
*Dal lake - Srinagar
*Hussain Sagar - Hyderabad
*Dhebar lake - Udaipur ,Rajasthan
*Kaliveli lake - Tamil NAdu
*Bhimtal - Uttarakhand
*Ashtamudi lake - Kerala
*Chandra Tal - Spiti,Himachal Pradesh
*Renuka lake - Himachal Pradesh
*Osman Sagar - Hyderabad
*Pushkar Lake - Ajmer,Rajasthan
*Sambhar lake - Rajasthan
*Sasthamkotta lake - Kerala
*Tsongmo lake - Sikkim
*Wular lake - Kashmir
*Nalsarovar lake - Gujarat
