Question

Name some fresh water lakes of India.

Answer 1

Hint: India is the seventh-largest nation in terms of area in the world. This land is huge to the point that it contains an enormous channel made by a ton of waterways that go through this land. These waterways have made some huge freshwater lakes all through the Indian land. Most of the freshwater lakes in India are artificial or man-made lakes to conserve water for irrigation purposes.

Complete answer: Some of the famous and largest freshwater lakes of India are as follows
1. Loktak Lake is located in the Northeastern part of India and is the largest natural freshwater lake of this region. It has a surface area of 287 square kilometres and is located in the northeastern state of Manipur. It is moderately a shallow lake has a normal profundity of 4.6 meters which is situated on a height of 768.5 meters. This freshwater lake produces 1,500 tons of fishery consistently every year and has 1,00,000 individuals living around it.
2. Wular Lake is mostly a tourist attraction spot and is also the largest natural freshwater lake of India. Located in Jammu and Kashmir, it is known for water skiing and boating. This freshwater lake is fed by the waters of river Jhelum. Its area keeps on changing drastically from season to season, so its area varies somewhere between 30 square kilometres to 260 square kilometres respectively. Its surface area has reduced because of Willow plantations.
3. Kolleru lake is a natural freshwater lake which is situated in Andhra Pradesh. It is a shallow lake with a depth of 1 metre and has a surface area of about 245 square kilometres. The area around the Kolleru lake and also the freshwater lake was declared a wildlife sanctuary in 1999 because of the immigrant birds coming in this area during winters.
4. Kanwar lake or Kabar Taal lake is a natural freshwater lake situated in Bihar. It has a surface area of 67.5 square kilometres and was declared a bird century in 1987 as it is home to nearly 106 different species of birds.
5. Gobind Sagar is located in the northern part of India in Himachal Pradesh. This artificial freshwater lake has a surface area of 168 square kilometres with a depth of about 163.07 metres. This artificial freshwater lake is built on the river Sutlej and was later connected with the Beas river to maintain the flow of the river Beas. This reservoir is enormous, has a length of 56 kilometres and 3 kilometres breadth.
6. Sardar Sarovar lake is also a man-made lake which is built on river Narmada in the state of Gujarat. This particular reservoir provides water to four states, namely, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh.
7. Shivaji Sagar lake is considered to be the largest artificial freshwater of India which is located in Maharashtra. It has a surface area of 891.78 square kilometres and is named after the Maratha ruler Chhatrapati Shivaji.
8. Indira Sagar lake is also a man-made freshwater lake built on river Narmada in the state of Madhya Pradesh. It has a surface area of 627 square kilometres and provides water for irrigation purposes over 1,230 square kilometres of land. It also helps in producing 1000 MW power and is named after the then Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi.

Note: In India, lakes can be classified into six different categories and freshwater water is one among the list. One of the largest freshwater lakes in India is the Wular Lake of Jammu and Kashmir right after Lake Baikal of southern Siberia, Russia.