Top 10 largest Lakes in India
The list of largest lakes is mentioned in the table below:
List of Important Lakes in India
The list of important lakes in India is given below:
| Lakes in India | State |
| Pulicat lake | Andhra Pradesh |
| Kolleru Lake | Andhra Pradesh |
| Haflong Lake | Assam |
| Deepor Beel | Assam |
| Chandubi Lake | Assam |
| Kanwar lake | Bihar |
| Hamirsar Lake | Gujarat |
| Kankaria Lake | Gujarat |
| Badkhal Lake | Haryana |
| Brahma Sarovar | Haryana |
| Chandra Taal | Himachal Pradesh |
| MaharanaPratap Sagar | Himachal Pradesh |
| Dal Lake | Jammu Kashmir |
| Wular Lake | Jammu Kashmir |
| Agara Lake | Karnataka |
| Ulsoor Lake | Karnataka |
| Kuttanad Lake | Kerala |
| Sasthamkotta | Kerala |
| Bhojtal | Madhya Pradesh |
| Shivsagar | Maharashtra |
| Loktak lake | Manipur |
| Umiam Lake | Meghalaya |
| Tam Dil | Mizoram |
| Chilika Lake | Odisha |
| Harike | Punjab |
| Kanjli | Punjab |
| Sambhar Lake | Rajasthan |
| Tsomgo Lake | Sikkim |
| Chembarambakkam | Tamil Nadu |
| Hussain Sagar | Telangana |
| Govind Bhallabh Pant Sagar | Uttar Pradesh |
| Belasagar | Uttar Pradesh |
| Bhimtal | Uttarakhand |
| Kaliveli | Tamil Nadu |
Lakes in India – Application
Apart from being a symbol of natural beauty, lakes can be of many uses for the inhabitants.
Lakes in India are a great source of :
- Irrigation
- Drinking-Water
- Navigation
- Livelihood
Important Facts about Lakes for UPSC Prelims
- Wular lake is one of the biggest freshwater lakes in Asia and it was formed as a result of tectonic activity.
- Upper lake in Madhya Pradesh is the largest artificial lake in Asia.
- Chilika Lake in Odisha is the largest saline water lake in India.
- Vembanad Lake in Kerala is the longest lake in India.
- Cholamu Lake in Sikkim is the highest lake in India.
- Lonar Lake is a notified National Geo-heritage Monument, saline, soda lake, located at Lonar in Buldhana district, Maharashtra.
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