List of lakes of

Pakistan

Pakistan is home to many natural and man

made lakes and reservoirs. The largest
lake in Pakistan is the Manchar Lake,
which is also the largest lake in South
Asia. The lake is spread over an area of
over 260 square kilometres (100 square
miles).[1] The highest lake in Pakistan is
the Paristan lake, which is also the 25th
highest lake in the world at an altitude of
over 4,755 metres (15,600 ft).[2] The
second highest lake in Pakistan is the
Karambar Lake, which is located at an
altitude of 4,272 metres (14,016 ft), is the
33rd highest lake in the world.[3]
Natural lakes

Gilgit Baltistan …
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Image Elevation Location Description Notes
Agriculture Lake
Soghaa

Hunza Valley, With the area of about 13.5

Gilgit- square km it the largest lake of
Baltistan Gilgit-Baltistan. Also known as [4]
Attabad Lake
Hunza Lake the lake was created
36°20′12.62″N
in January 2010 due to massive
74°52′3.12″E
landslides blocking Hunza River.

Barah Valley,
Ghanche
Barah lake referred to two lakes
4,512 District, Gilgit-
in the mountain of Barah town.
Barah Lake metres Baltistan
The area of this lake is 0.21 SQ
(14,803 ft)
35.095989°N KM
76.233240°E

Hunza, Gilgit–
Borith Lake is a saline water lake,
2,600 Baltistan
located to the north of Ghulkin [5][6]
Borith Lake metres
36.430863°N Glacier in a village near Hussaini,
(8,500 ft)
74.862773°E Gojal, in the upper Hunza.

Khaplu Valley,
Gilgit– Area of Dakholi Lake as
4,771.1
Baltistan calculated by QT at ArcGIS Esri is
Dakholi Lake metres
0.07 SQ KM as of September
(15,653 ft) 35.06417°N
2020.
76.37815°E

Khaplu Valley, Ghanche lake is the source of

Gilgit– ghanche stream that waters
4,599.9
Baltistan khaplu town. The area of
Ghanche Lake metres
Ghanche Lake calculted by Arc
(15,092 ft) 35.07457°N
GIS as of September 2020 by QT
76.29370°E
is 0.16 SQ KM.

Kharmang
Valley, Gilgit–
2,862.2
Baltistan
Ghorashe Lake metres
(9,390 ft) 34.98489°N
76.20958°E

Ghizer Valley,
Gilgit–
3,285
Baltistan
Handarap Lake metres also known as Shandoor lake.
(10,778 ft) 36.068°N
72.546°E
Hrkolong Lake 4,126 Khaplu Valley, Hrkolong lake is the source of
metres Gilgit– Hnajuluba stream that waters
(13,537 ft) Baltistan khaplu, Surmo and youchung

35.08440°N broq (high steppes fields).

76.35653°E

Khalti, Ghizer
District
Khalti Lake [7]
36.2479302°N
73.3633701°E

Skardu,
Paristan Lake Skardu
District

Ishkoman
Karambar Lake is the 33rd
Valley, Gilgit–
4,272 highest lakes in the world. The
Baltistan [3][8]
Karambar Lake metres approximate length of the lake is
(14,016 ft) 36°53′03.26″N 3.9 km, width is 2 km and,
73°42′44.03″E average depth is 52m.

Katpanah,
2,190 Skardu Valley
The only lake in downtown of
Katpanah lake metres
35°18'57.8"N skardu city.
(7,190 ft)
75°34'42.5"E

Naltar Valley,
Naltar lakes Gilgit- These are three lakes. [9]

Baltistan

The lake is also known as

Skardu
Shangrila Lake and is located at
District,
a drive of about 20 minutes from
2,500 Gilgit–
Lower Kachura Skardu town. Shangrila was [10]
metres Baltistan
Lake named after a book titled Lost
(8,200 ft)
35°25′40″N Horizon by James Hilton.
75°27′16″E Shangri-la is a Chinese word
meaning "Heaven on earth".

Ghizer
District, Gilgit-
Baltistan
Phander Lake
36.173123°N
72.9472983°E

Rama Lake 2,600 Astore Valley, Rama Lake is located nine [11]

metres Gilgit– kilometers away from the valley

(8,500 ft) Baltistan of Astore in Northern Areas.
 35°19′51″N
74°47′8″E

Rush Lake is a high altitude lake

located near Rush Pari Peak. At
Nagar Valley,
over 4,694 meters, Rush is the
Gilgit–
4,693 highest lake in Pakistan and one
Baltistan [3][12]
Rush Lake metres of the highest alpine lakes in the
(15,397 ft) 36°7′50″N world. It is located about 15 km
74°55′57″E north of Miar Peak and Spantik
(Golden Peak), which are in the
Nagar valley.

Satpara Lake is located in Skardu

Skardu Valley,
Valley and is one of the
Gilgit–
2,636 (Area=4.5square km, 2nd largest
Baltistan [13]
Satpara Lake metres of gilgit baltistan)largest fresh
(8,648 ft) 35°14′2″N water lakes in Pakistan. It
75°37′53″E supplies water for the town of
Skardu.

Deosai Plains,
Gilgit–
4,142 Sheosar Lake is situated in the
Baltistan [3][14][15]
Sheosar Lake metres Deosai Plateau, which is one of
(13,589 ft) 34°59′30.35″N the highest plateaus of the world.
75°14′43.42″E

Skardu
The lake is surrounded with wild
District,
apricot gardens and has a depth
2,500 Gilgit–
Upper Kachura of around 70 meters. Due to
metres Baltistan
Lake rough terrain of the surrounding
(8,200 ft)
35°26′48″N area, this lake is not well
75°26′44″E explored.

2,500 Shigar Valley,

Zharba Lake metres Gilgit– The only lake in Shigar valley.
(8,200 ft) Baltistan

Azad Kashmir,Punjab, KPK, Sindh

and Balochistan
…
 Name Image Elevation Location Description Notes

Ansoo Lake is a high-

altitude lake (4,126
Kaghan Valley,
metres (13,537 ft))
Khyber
4,126 located in the Kaghan
Ansoo Pakhtunkhwa [16]
metres Valley in Mansehra
Lake
(13,537 ft) 34°48′53.75″N District of Khyber
73°40′33.10″E Pakhtunkhwa. It is near
Malika Parbat in the
Himalayan range.

Samahni Valley,
The lake is nearly half a
975 Bhimber District
Baghsar kilometer long and [17]
metres
Lake 33°2′42″N overlooks the Bandala
(3,199 ft)
74°11′50″E Valley.

Shonter Valley,
3,962 Azad Kashmir Chitta Katha Lake is
Chitta [18]
metres located in Shonter
Katha Lake 34°55′8″N
(12,999 ft) Valley of Azad Kashmir.
74°31′17″E

Drigh Lake is Located in

Qambar
Qambar Shahdadkot
Shahdadkot
District in Sindh,
District, Sindh [19]
Drigh Lake Pakistan, It is 29 km
27.568°N away from Larkana city
67.930°E and 7 km away from
Qambar town.

The lake lies in the

Kaghan Valley, extreme north of
Khyber Kaghan Valley at a
3,800
Dudipatsar Pakhtunkhwa height of 3,800 metres [20]
metres
Lake (12,500 ft). The term
(12,500 ft) 35°1′6.6″N
dudi in Urdu means
74°5′22.2″E
white and sar means
lake.

Kaghan Valley,
Khyber
Dudibach Pakhtunkhwa [21]
Sar
35°1′0.12″N
74°4′59.88″E

Ganga Bagh District,

Lake Azad Kashmir

Hadero Thatta District, Hadero is a brackish [22]

Lake Sindh water lake in Sindh. The
 24°49′42″N lake was declared
67°51′37″E wildlife sanctuary in
1977. The lake has a
surface area of 1321
hectares.

The lake is located at

  Thatta, Sindh
about 70 km from
Haleji Lake 24°48′10″N Karachi and is the [23][24]

67°46′38″E largest water fowl

reserve in Asia.

Qamber
Shahdadkot Hamal Lake is located
Hamal District, Sindh in Qamber Shahdadkot [25]
Lake District in Sindh,
27.449°N
Pakistan.
67.632°E

  Quetta, Hanna Lake is located

1,898
Hanna Balochistan 10 km from Quetta, [26]
metres
Lake near Urak Valley in
(6,227 ft) 30°15′N 67°06′E
Balochistan.

Soon Valley,
828 Punjab Jahlar Lake is part of
Jahlar
metres Uchhali Wetland
Lake 32°29′53.26″N
(2,717 ft) Complex in Soon Valley
72°5′15.19″E

The salt water lake is

  Chakwal
located near Salt Range
Kallar District, Punjab [27]
in Chakwal District,
Kahar
32°47′N 72°42′E 125 km from
Rawalpindi.

The lake is also called

Kalri Lake and is one of
the largest freshwater
lakes in Pakistan. The
  Thatta, Sindh Sindhi legend of Noori
Keenjhar 21 metres [23][26]
Jam Tamachi took
Lake (69 ft) 24°57′N 68°03′E
place around the lake,
and to this day there is
a shrine in the middle of
the lake marking Noor's
grave.

  Khushab It is a salt water lake

District, Punjab located in the southern
Khabikki [28]
Salt Range. The lake is
Lake 32.621882°N
named after a nearby
72.21355°E
village, Khabikki.
 Utror, Swat
  Valley, Khyber
2,743 This lake is located in
Kundol Pakhtunkhwa
metres the north of Utror via
Lake
(8,999 ft) 35°19′57″N Ladu valley.
72°29′50″E

Naran Valley, The lake is the main

  Khyber source of the Kunhar
3,410
Lulusar Pakhtunkhwa River and has a baby [29]
metres
Lake lake beside it. The word
(11,190 ft) 35°0′8.04″N
"sar" means "lake" in
73°9′2.66″E
Shina.

Kalam Valley,
  Khyber The lake is located
2,900
Mahodand Pakhtunkhwa 40 km from Kalam [30]
metres
Lake Valley in the valley of
(9,500 ft) 35.7138°N
Ushu.
72.6502°E

Lake Manchar is the

largest freshwater lake
in Pakistan and one of
the largest in Asia. It is
located west of the
 
Indus River in Sindh.
Sindh
The area of the lake
Manchar 34 metres
26.4166°N fluctuates with the [23][31]
Lake (112 ft)
67.65°E seasons from as little
as 350 km² to 520 km².
The lake collects water
from numerous small
streams in the Kirthar
Mountains and empties
into the Indus River.

Namal Lake is located

in Namal Valley, in
Mianwali,
  Mianwali. The lake is
Punjab
Namal spread over an area of [32]
Lake 32.689597°N 2
5.5 km and was built in
71.806763°E 1913 after the
construction of Namal
Dam.

Payee Lake   2,895 Kaghan Valley, Payee Lake is located [33]

metres Khyber near Shogran in Payee,

(9,498 ft) Pakhtunkhwa surrounded by the

34.6153°N Makra Peak, Malika

73.4867°E
 Parbat, and the
mountains of Kashmir.

Pyala Lake is a very

Kaghan Valley,
small lake besides the
  Khyber
3,410 Kunhar River at
Pakhtunkhwa [34]
Pyala Lake metres Jalkhad. Since the lake
(11,190 ft) 35°0′27.7524″N looks more like a bowl
73°56′28.8852″E Urde:Pyala (‫ )ﭘﯿﺎﻟﮧ‬hence
it is called Pyala Lake.

The lake is accessible

Neelam Valley,
  from Dowarian by a 19
3,700 Azad Kashmir
Ratti Gali kilometers (12 mi) [35]
metres
Lake 34.8302°N hiking trek. Dowarian is
(12,100 ft)
74.0613°E the base camp to this
lake.

The lake is located in

Kaghan Valley, the northern end of
  Khyber Kaghan Valley. The lake
3,224
Saiful Pakhtunkhwa has total surface area [36]
metres
Muluk of over 2.5 square
(10,577 ft) 34°52′37.34″N
kilometer. The lake is
73°41′37.71″E
famous for its fairytale
of Saiful Maluk

  Neelam Valley,
This lake can be
4,100 Azad Kashmir
accessed from Sharda, [37]
Saral Lake metres
34.96282°N Neelam valley and
(13,500 ft)
74.099773°E Kaghan Valley.

Shakoor Lake is
situated on the border
Shakoor 24°15′28″N between India and [38]
Lake 69°04′20″E Pakistan, its area
ranges from 300 square
kilometres (120 sq mi)

  Neelum Valley,
Azad Kashmir This is a small lake
Shonter
located in the Azad
Lake 34°58′23″N
Kashmir.
74°30′46″E

Kaghan Valley,
Siri Lake is situated
  Khyber
2,590 near Shogran in Siri, on
Pakhtunkhwa [39]
Siri Lake metres the way to Payee in
(8,500 ft) 34.6312°N Kaghan Valley,
73.4920°E Pakistan.
 [40]
Spin Khwar   Swat Valley,
Lake Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa

Subri lake, also known

Muzaffarabad,
as Langarpura Lake, is
Azad Kashmir
situated 10 kilometers [41]
Subri Lake
34.324°N out of Muzaffarabad,
73.520°E where the Jhelum River
widens to form the lake.

Swaik Lake or
Khandowa Khandowa Lake(Urdu:
Village Kallar ‫ )ﮐﮭﻨﮉوﻋﮧ‬is a lake
Swaik Lake Kahar Tehsil, situated at 10 km from
[42]
(Khandowa Chakwal District the Tehsil Kallar Kahar,
Lake) Chakwal District and 30
36°20′12.62″N
74°52′3.12″E kilometers southwest
of Chakwal along the
motorway.

Soan Sakaser
Valley, Salt
1,522 The lake is located in
Uchhali Range [43]
metres the southern salt range
Lake
(4,993 ft) 32°33′25″N and has brackish water.
72°1′31″E

Artificial lakes and reservoirs

 Name Image Elevation Location Description Notes

Poonch
District, Azad
1,981 Banjosa is an artificial lake and a tourist
Banjosa Kashmir [44]
metres attraction near the city of Rawalakot in
Lake
(6,499 ft) 33°48′38″N District Poonch in Azad Kashmir.
73°48′59″E

Sanghar
District,
Chotiari Lake is an artificial water reservoir
Chotiari Sindh [45]
situated 35 km away from the Sanghar
Lake
26.146°N town in Sanghar District, Sindh.
69.161°E

Karachi and
Lasbela
District on
Sindh and Hub Lake is an artificial reservoir 56 km
Hub Lake away from Karachi on Sindh and [46]
Balochistan
border Balochistan border.

25.280°N
67.129°E

Khanpur,
Khyber
It is situated in Khanpur village, 15
Khanpur Pakhtunkhwa [47]
kilometres (9.3 mi) from Haripur. Famous
Lake
28°64′91″N for Water sports and Paragliding.
70°65′14″E

Mirpur
District, Azad
Mangla Kashmir Mangla Lake is an artificial reservoir near [48]
Lake Mirpur city in Mirpur District, Azad Kashmir
33.199°N
73.751°E

Rawal Lake is an artificial reservoir in

Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan. The
Islamabad lake is spread over an area of 8.8 km2 and
Rawal is one of the major sources of water for the
33.702675°N [49][50]
Lake residents of Islamabad and Rawalpindi.
73.126118°E
Rawal Lake is located within an isolated
section of the Malpur village near Margalla
Hills National Park.
[51]
Simli Lake Islamabad Simli Lake is located 30 km from

33°44′5″N Islamabad. The lake is formed from the

73°20′5″E melting snow and natural springs of Murree

Hills. Simli Lake is the largest drinking
 water source for the residents of
Islamabad.

Kohat,
Khyber
Tanda Pakhtunkhwa Tanda Lake is formed from Tanda Dam in
Lake Kohat District on Toi River.
33°35′13″N
71°26′32″E

Haripur
Tarbela Lake is an artificial reservoir in the
District,
Haripur District of North-West Frontier
Khyber
Tarbela Province. It is near Tarbela Township in the [52][53]
Pakhtunkhwa
Lake Tarbela range. The name of the lake comes
34.133°N from town of Tarbela in which it is located
72.808°E (Hindko Black Forest).

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See also
Tourism in Pakistan
List of waterfalls of Pakistan
List of hill stations of Pakistan
List of valleys in Pakistan

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