Consider the following : 1. Sambhar lake is a salt lake. 2. Chilka lake is a freshwater lake. 3. Vembanad lake is a backwater lake. Which of the above is/are correct?
Consider the following : 1. Sambhar lake is a salt lake. 2. Chilka lake is a freshwater lake. 3. Vembanad lake is a backwater lake. Which of the above is/are correct? Correct Answer 1 and 3
The correct answer is 1 and 3.
Key Points
- The Sambhar Salt Lake is India's largest inland salt lake which is a bowl-shaped lake in Jaipur, Rajasthan.
- It is not part of the Ganga river basin area.
- It is geographically a separate land-locked river basin.
- It is India's largest saline lake and is the source of most of Rajasthan's salt production.
- The circumference of the lake is 96 km, surrounded on all sides by the Aravali hills.
- Sambhar has been designated as a Ramsar site.
- The specialized algae and bacteria growing in the lake provide striking watercolors.
- Vembanad lake is a backwater lake in Kerala.
- Vembanad Wetland is spread over the districts of Alappuzha, Kottayam, Ernakulam, and Thrissur of Kerala.
- It is the longest water body in the country and the largest in the state.
- Five rivers originating in the Western Ghats drain into this water body.
- The Kumarakom Bird Sanctuary is located on the east coast of the wetland.
Additional Information
- Chilka Lake is the largest saltwater lake in India.
- It is located in Odisha.
- Chilka is at the mouth of the Daya river.
- It is one of the tentative UNESCO World Heritage sites in India.
- Designated the first Indian wetland of international importance under the Ramsar convention in 1981.
- The only lake in India included in ‘Destination Flyways’ by the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO).
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