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Map of the major rivers, lakes and reservoirs in India. 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.
Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar is the largest man-made lake in India. Rihand dam is a concrete gravity dam with a length of 934.45 m. The maximum height of the dam is 91.46 m. It was constructed during 1954–62. The dam consists of 61 independent blocks and ground joints. The powerhouse is situated at the toe of the dam, with installed capacity of ...
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 ...
Gobind Sagar Lake is a reservoir situated in Una and Bilaspur districts of Himachal Pradesh, India. [2] It is formed by the Bhakra Dam. The reservoir is on the river Sutlej and is named in honour of Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Sikh guru. One of the world's highest gravity dams, the Bhakra dam rises nearly 225.5 m above its lowest foundations.
Gurudongmar Lake is one of the highest lakes in the world and in India, at an elevation of 5,430 m (17,800 ft) according to the Government of Sikkim. [1][2][a] It is located in the Great Himalayas in the Mangan District in Indian state of Sikkim, [1] and considered sacred by Buddhists and Sikhs. The lake is named after Guru Padmasambhava ...
Tso Lhamo lake is one of the highest lakes in the world, located at an altitude of 5,100 m (16,700 ft). [1][2] It is situated in Mangan district, Sikkim, India, about 4 km (2.5 mi) southwest of the international border with China. It is fed by waters from Zemu glacier, Kangtse glacier or Pauhunri glacier, and is the source of the Teesta river.
Lonar Lake, also known as Lonar crater, is a saline, soda lake, located at Lonar, 79 km from Buldhana city in Buldhana district, Maharashtra, India. It is a notified National Geo-heritage Monument. [2] [3] [4] Lonar Lake is in an astrobleme created by a meteorite impact during the Pleistocene Epoch.
Tso Moriri frozen Buddhist shrine.On the banks of Tso Moriri, Leh district, Ladkah, 2010 Lake Tsomoriri and sign.. Tso Moriri or Lake Moriri (Tibetan: ལྷ་མོའི་བླ་མཚོ, Wylie: lha mo bla mtsho) or "Mountain Lake", is a lake in the Changthang Plateau (literally: northern plains) in Leh district of the union territory of Ladakh in India.