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Nanda lake is a Ramsar site located in the Indian state of Goa. It is situated in Curchorem . Covering an area of 0.42 square kilometres, [ 2 ] it is the only Ramsar wetland site in Goa.
Tilicho Lake in Gandaki Province is the highest lake in Nepal. It lies at an altitude of 4919 m above mean sea level. Other most popular lakes are Phewa lake and Begnas Lake located in Pokhara. Below is a list of artificial and natural lakes in Nepal ordered by province, and by district within each province. Rara Lake Phoksundo Lake in Nepal
The national park is embedded in the 2,236.74 km 2 (863.61 sq mi) Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve, which, in turn, is encompassed in the 5,148.57 km 2 (1,987.87 sq mi) [2] [3] buffer zone around the Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Parks UNESCO site. The best time to visit Nanda Devi National Park is from May to October. [4]
Nanda Devi is a two-peaked massif, forming a 2-kilometre-long (1.2 mi) high ridge, oriented east–west.The western summit is higher than the eastern summit, which is called Nanda Devi East, (locally known as Sunanda Devi).
The Nanda Devi National Park and Valley of Flowers National Parks is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Uttarakhand, India. [1] It possesses of two core areas about 20 km apart, made up by the Nanda Devi National Park and the Valley of Flowers National Park , plus an encompassing Combined Buffer Zone .
There was no evidence of a Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) having caused the event. What happened on February 7? A glacial break in the Tapovan-Reni area of Chamoli District of Uttarakhand led to massive flash flood in Dhauli Ganga and Alaknanda Rivers, damaging houses and the nearby Rishiganga power project.
Alaknanda descending from the foot of the Satopanth (a triangular lake, which is located at a height of 4,402 m (14,442.3 ft), above the sea level and named after the Hindu trinity: Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva and Bhagirath Kharak glaciers near the Nanda Devi peak, in Uttarakhand cascades over a length of 229 km (142.3 mi) encompassing the five prayags and is joined at Dev Prayag by the Bhagirathi ...
Nandavara is an ancient settlement and a political center historically. Nandavara was the capital of the Nanda Dynasty, which ruled the neighboring region for several centuries.Nandavara once had royal associations: there were many palaces and temples in the area. None, nor the fort built by the kings, survive today.