Largest lakes & reservoirs in India by acres
There is no widely-accepted minimum surface area that defines a lake. What LakeLubbers describes as a lake, you might call a pond. Acreage of a lake (or sometimes square kilometers) is most often measured at the top surface area when the lake is at normal elevation. The surface area can be considerably smaller or larger when lake levels are lower or higher than normal. North America’s Lake Superior is the world’s largest freshwater lake by this measure.The other measure of a lake’s size is the lake’s water volume. By that measure, the world’s largest freshwater lake is Lake Baikal in Siberia.
You can find many of the world’s largest lakes (acres) on LakeLubbers in the comparison table below. Note: For some lakes, "Largest Lakes - Acres" data is unknown or does not apply, so you may see fewer lakes than the total 20 articles we have published for India lakes.
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Below are lakes within India > Compared by surface area in acres. This list does not represent all lakes in India, only the 20 India lake articles we have published on the LakeLubbers website.
Lake name | Surface area in acres | Lake description |
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Lonar Crater Lake (India, Maharashtra Region, West India, West India) |
275 ac | Lonar Crater Lake is one of those mysteries of ancient India that is little-known among the country’s burgeoning tourism crowd. The saline crater lake … |
Mansar Lake & Surinsar Lake (India, Jammu and Kashmir Region, North India, North India) |
146 ac | Two of the most beautiful lakes in the hills east of the City of Jammu are Mansar Lake and Surinsar Lake. Linked by Hindu mythology, the lakes are abo … |
Pushkar Lake (India, Rajasthan Region, West India, West India) |
54 ac | Also known as Pushkar Sarovar Pushkar Lake is one of the most sacred lakes in India. Located in the Rajasthan state of western India, Pushkar Lake has been declared a heritage monu … |