lakes

A lake is a body of water that is

surrounded
by Land. There are millions of lakes
in the
world.They are found on every
continent
And in every kind of environment
BY-Tejam Manwar
like – in mountains And Deserts,
 some information about lakes
 Some lakes are vary greatly in size. Some measures only a few
square Meters. Small lakes are often referred to as ponds
 Lakes also vary greatly in depth. The world’s deepest lake is
Baikal lake, Russia. its bottom is nearly 2 km more than 1 mile.
 The water in lakes comes from rain, snow, melting ice, streams
and groundwater seepage. Most lakes contains Fresh water.
 5 largest lakes of india
1. Vembanad Lake
2. Chilika Lake
3. Shivaji Sagar Lake
4. Pulicat Lake
5. Pangong Tso Lake
 1. Vembanad Lake
• Vembanad is the
longest lake in Indi
a, as well as the
largest lake in the
state of Kerala.
• The lake has an
area of 230 square
kilometers and a
maximum length of
 2. Chilika lake
• Chilika Lake is a
largest brackish
water Lagoon in Asia and
second largest coastal
lagoon in the world.
• The lagoon is located on
the east coast of India,
at the mouth of the Daya
River, which flows into
the Bay of Bengal
• It covers an area
of around 1,165 square
kilometres.
3. Shivaji sagar Lake

• The Shivaji sagar

Lake is a reservoir in
the state
of Maharashtra, India.
• The lake was formed
after the Koyna
River was impounded by
the Koyna Dam.
• It has a length of
50 km and depth of
80 m .
4. Pulicat Lake
• Pulicat Lake is the second
largest brackish water lagoon
in India, (after Chilika Lake),
measuring 759 square
kilometres (293 sq mi).
• Major part of the lagoon
comes under the Tirupati
district of Andhra Pradesh
• The barrier
island of Sriharikota separa
tes the lagoon from the Bay
of Bengal and is home to
 5. Pangong Tso Lake
• Pangong Lake is an endorheic lake spanning
eastern Ladakh and West Tibet situated at an
elevation of 4,225 m (13,862 ft).

• It is 134 km (83 mi) long and divided into five

sublakes, called Pangong Tso, Tso Nyak, Rum
Tso (twin lakes) and Nyak Tso. . During winter

• the lake freezes completely, despite being saline

water.
 Facts about lakes .

1) Most of the time, rivers or streams drain water from the lake
when it gets too full. Some lakes are called "closed lakes" because
water only leaves them through evaporation.
2) Most lakes have fresh water, but some have salt water.
3) Most closed lakes have saltwater because when water evaporates, it
leaves behind salt.
4) There are 117 million lakes on Earth, covering 3.7 percent
of the continental land surface.
5) Lake Superior is the world's largest freshwater lake by area (31,700
mi2 /82,100 km2). It is also the coldest and deepest of the Great Lakes,
 Benefits of lakes

1) Develop hydroelectric power.

2) They provide water supply for the purpose o
irrigation.
3) Provide fresh water for drinking.
4) Industries and factories use river and lake
water for their functioning.
5) Supply water for irrigation in agricultural
fields.
6) Help to develop the fisheries.
 characteristics of Lakes
• The sun doesn't penetrate all the way to the bottom.
• In summer months, the bottom is always cooler than
• the top.
In freezing winter times, the bottom doesn't freeze.
• Lakes are large enough to affect the local climate.
• Lakes can have waves.
• Oxygen is poor in the deeper waters.
• Three zones can be recognised in a lake. They are
littoral zone, limbnetic zone and profundal zone.
 Classification of lakes
• There are three basic ways that limnologists classify lakes: how many
nutrients lakes have, how their water mixes, and what kinds of fish
live in them.
• When lakes are classified by the amount of nutrients they have,
limnologists are using the trophic system. Generally, the clearer the
water in the lake, the fewer nutrients it has. Lakes that are very
nutrient-rich are cloudy and hard to see through; this includes lakes
that are unhealthy because they have too many nutrients. Lakes need
to have a balance of nutrients.
• Lakes can also be classified by how the water mixes, or turns over
from top (epilimnion) to bottom (hypolimnion). This is called lake
turnover. Water in some lakes, mostly shallow ones, mixes all year
long. These lakes have very little lake turnover.
 Quiz Time
1) What is the area and length of Vembanad lake?
Ans- The lake has an area of 230 square kilometers and a maximum
length
2) Whatof 96.5
is the kmof. chilika lake, and in which coast it is located ?
area

Ans- It covers an area of around 1,165 square kilometres. And it is in

east coast
3) What of Length
is the india and depth of shivajisagar lake ?
Ans- The lake has a length of 50 km and depth of 80 m .
4) What is the Length of pulicat lake? And from where it comes?

Ans- It covers an area around 759 square kilometres. It comes from the Tirupati
district
5) ofthe
What is Andhra
LengthPradesh.
of Pangong lake and what are those divided sublakes?

Ans- It is 134 km (83 mi) long and divided into five sublakes, called Pangong Tso,
Tso Nyak, Rum Tso