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This is a list of notable lakes in India. [1]Bhopal is knowns as The City of Lakes, as it has 17 lakes and 5 reservoirs, biggest lake Bhojtal has an area of 31 km 2 Bangalore has highest number of small lakes Lake Palace (Jag Niwas) in Lake Pichola, Udaipur, Rajasthan Shikaras on Dal Lake, Jammu & Kashmir Boats on Naini Lake, Kumaon, Uttarakhand House boat on Vembanad Lake, Kerala Sailing on ...
Bahour Lake (French: Lac Bahour) is the second largest lake in the Indian union territory of Puducherry [1] This lake is recognized as one of the Important Bird Areas (IBA) of Puducherry [2] References
This is a list of largest reservoirs in India, including all artificial lakes with a capacity greater or equal to 1,000,000 acre-feet (1.2 km 3). In terms of number of dams, India ranks third after China , and USA .
Dhebar Lake (also known as Jaisamand Lake) is India's second largest artificial fresh water lake in India. [1] It is located in the Salumber District of Rajasthan State in western India . It has an area of 87 km 2 (34 sq mi) when full, and was created at Namla Thikana (rathore-patvi) [ 2 ] in the 17th century, when Rana Jai Singh of Udaipur ...
Shanthi Sagara, also called Sulekere, is the second largest built lake in Asia. [1] It is located at Sulekere of Kerebilachi , Channagiri taluka of Davanagere District in Karnataka state of India.
Maduranthakam aeri is an artificial lake and is the largest lake in the district of Chengalpattu and second largest lake in the state of Tamil Nadu. This lake with a live storage capacity of 16.08 MCM (million cubic meters) as on 2005 has been mentioned in the Government records as one of the oldest impounded lakes in the country since 1798 [3]
Kaluveli, also spelled Kazhuveli, is the second largest brackish water lake in South India located in Tindivanam taluk of Villupuram district of the state of Tamil Nadu. It is about 18 km north of Pondicherry. The tank lies adjacent to the Bay of Bengal along the East Coast Road and encompasses about 15 villages with a catchment area of 4,722 ha.
Pulicat Lake is the second largest brackish water lagoon in India, (after Chilika Lake), measuring 759 square kilometres (293 sq mi). A major part of the lagoon lies in the Tirupati district of Andhra Pradesh .