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Download Solution PDFWhich of the following lake is also known as 'the only floating lake'?
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Option 2 : Lake of Loktak
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Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is Loktak Lake.
Key Points:
- Loktak Lake is the largest freshwater lake in North-eastern region of the country.
- It is famous for Phumdis.
- It is located in Manipur.
- Keibul Lamjao is the only floating national park in the world floats over it.
- Area: 266 square kilometre.
- Two wetlands of India are in Montreux Record: Keoladeo National Park(Rajasthan) and Loktak Lake(Manipur).
- Montreux Record is also maintained as part of the Ramsar List.
- It is under the Ramsar Convention is a register of wetland sites on the List of Wetlands of International Importance.
Additional Information:
Chilika Lake
- Chilika is Asia’s largest and world’s second-largest lagoon.
- It spreads over Puri, Khurda and Ganjam districts of Odisha on the east coast of India, at the mouth of the Daya River.
- It is the largest wintering ground for migratory birds on the Indian subcontinent.
- In 1981, it was designated the first Indian wetland of international importance under the Ramsar Convention.
- Nalbana Bird Sanctuary or Nalbana Island is the core area of the Chilika Lake.
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