Largest lakes & reservoirs in Jammu and Kashmir Region, North 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 5 articles we have published for Jammu and Kashmir Region, North India lakes.
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Below are lakes within India > North India > Jammu and Kashmir Region, North India > Compared by surface area in acres. This list does not represent all lakes in Jammu and Kashmir Region, North India, only the 5 Jammu and Kashmir Region, North India lake articles we have published on the LakeLubbers website.
Lake name | Surface area in acres | Lake description |
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Pangong Tso (China, India, Jammu and Kashmir Region, North India, North India, Southwest China Region) |
172,800 ac | Also known as Pangong Lake Sprawled along the border between North India and Southwest China, Pangong Tso is one of the most spectacular sights in the Himalayan region of Ladakh … |
Wular Lake (India, Jammu and Kashmir Region, North India, North India) |
64,000 ac | Also known as Wullar Lake Wular Lake, located in the Jammu and Kashmir region of northern India, is something of a mystery. The name Wular is believed to be a corruption of the … |
Tso Kar (India, Jammu and Kashmir Region, North India, North India) |
5,436 ac | Also known as White Lake One of the three saltwater lakes in Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir, Tso Kar requires a bit of work to visit. The lake is very picturesque, its sho … |
Dal Lake, India (India, Jammu and Kashmir Region, North India, North India) |
2,718 ac | Dal Lake is located in the heart of Srinagar, the capital of the northernmost Indian administered State of Jammu and Kashmir. At 2700 acres, breath-ta … |
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 … |