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Chilika Lake is the largest brackish water lagoon in Asia and second largest coastal lagoon in the world, [disputed – discuss] covering an area of over 1,100 square kilometres (420 sq mi). [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] It is spread over the Puri , Khordha and Ganjam districts of Odisha state on the east coast of India , at the mouth of the Daya River ...
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 .
Bhimtal is a lake in the town of Bhimtal, near Nainital city in Nainital district of Kumaon, India with a masonry dam built in 1883 creating the storage facility. [1] It is the largest lake of Nainital district, as well as Kumaon, which is known as the "Lake district of India". It's the 2nd largest lake by surface area in Uttarakhand.
This is a list of bodies of water by salinity that is limited to natural bodies of water that have a stable salinity above 0.05%, at or below which water is considered fresh.
Second largest lake in Manitoba. 29: Mweru Zambia Democratic Republic of the Congo: Fresh 5,120 km 2 1,980 sq mi 131 km 81 mi 27 m 89 ft 38 km 3 9.1 cu mi The second largest lake in the Congo's drainage basin, Tanganyika being the largest. 30: Nipigon Canada: Fresh 4,848 km 2 1,872 sq mi 116 km 72 mi 165 m 541 ft 266 km 3 64 cu mi
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.
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It is the largest coastal lagoon in India and the second largest lagoon in the world. The lagoon hosts over 160 species of birds in the peak migratory season. Birds from as far as the Caspian Sea, Lake Baikal, the Aral Sea, and other remote parts of Russia, Kirghiz steppes of Mongolia, Central and southeast Asia, Ladakh, and the Himalayas come ...