➤ Lonar Lake - Crater Lake ✅
It is a circular lake crater lake in Buldhana district of Maharashtra, formed by a meteorite impact onto the basalt bedrock.
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➤ Nainital - Tectonic Lake ✅
Tectonic lakes are formed due to the folding and faulting of plates in earth’s Crust.
Nainital is tectonic in origin and is kidney shaped or crescent shaped and having its outfall at the southeastern end.
Naini lake is located in the Nainital district of Uttarakhand, often called the Lake District of India, is one of the four important lakes of Kumaon – the other three lakes are Sattal, Bhimtal and Naukuchiyatal.
➤ Shakambhari Lake - Salt Lake ✅
Shakambhari Lake is another name of Sambhar Lake - the largest inland saline lake of India.
➤ Roopkund - Underground Lake ❌
Roopkund is a high-altitude glacial lake in Uttarakhand. Located in the Himalayas, the area around the lake is uninhabited, surrounded by rock-strewn glaciers and snow-clad mountains.
SAMBHAR LAKE (SHAKAMBHARI LAKE)
● Sambhar Salt Lake is India's largest saline lake and is the source of most of Rajasthan's salt production.
● It produces 196,000 tonnes of clean salt every year, which is around 9% of India's salt production.
● In the past, the lake’s salt supply was worked by the Mughal dynasty (1526–1857) and it was later owned jointly by the Jaipur and Jodhpur princely states.
● The lake receives water from six rivers - Mantha, Rupangarh, Khari, Khandela, Medtha and Samod.
● It is a Ramsar Wetland Site.
● Lesser Flamingoes, pelicans and the waterfowls are commonly sighted at the Sambhar Lake.
● In 2019, almost 22,000 migratory birds died at the Lake due to "avian botulism", a neuromuscular illness.
● Xerophytic and halophytic vegetation grows in its catchment area.
Sambhar lake touches three districts of Rajasthan — Jaipur, Nagaur and Ajmer.
It is surrounded by Aravalli Hills on all sides.
Sambhar lake has been designated as a Ramsar Wetland, it is a key wintering area for thousands of pink flamingos and other migratory birds.
The specialized algae and bacteria growing in the lake provide striking water colours and support the lake ecology that, in turn, sustains the migrating waterfowl.
ROOPKUND - INDIA'S MYSTERY "SKELETON LAKE"
● Roopkund is a glacial lake located 5,029 metres (16,500ft) above sea level at the bottom of a steep slope on Trisul, one of India's highest mountains, in Uttarakhand.
● It is a remote lake in the Himalayas, nestled in a snowy valley, strewn with hundreds of human skeletons.
● The remains strewn around and beneath the ice at the "lake of skeletons", were discovered by a patrolling British forest ranger in 1942.
● To date, the skeletal remains of an estimated 600-800 people have been found here. The skeletons are well-preserved and are visible only when the snow melts.
According to Scientists, these belong to 9th century people who were buried here during heavy hail storm.