IAS 2019 PRELIMS- Q.371- FRAMED FROM THE HINDU -MAY 2018
FRAMED FROM MAJID HUSSAIN'S INDIAN GEOGRAPHY
Q.371 Consider the following :
1. Jai Samand Lake : Largest Artificial lake
2. Pulicat lake : Has a largest number of islands within
3. Vembanad lake : Largest Kayals
Which among the above is/are correctly matched ?
A) Only 2
B) 1 & 3
C) 2 & 3
D) 1,2,3
Ans. B
Explanation :
1.Kolleru lake has the largest number of islands within. Kolleru
lake is formed between deltas of Godavari
& Krishna rivers.
Kolleru Lake is one of the largest freshwater lakes in India
located in state of Andhra Pradesh and forms
the largest shallow freshwater[3] lake in Asia, 15 kilometers away
from the city of Eluru. Kolleru is
located between Krishna and Godavari deltas.[4] Kolleru spans into
two districts - Krishna and West
Godavari. The lake is fed directly by water from the seasonal
Budameru and Tammilerustreams, and is
connected to the Krishna and Godavari irrigation systems by over
67 major and minor irrigation canals.
This lake is a major tourist attraction. Many birds migrate here
in winter, such as Siberian crane, ibis,
and painted storks. The lake was an important habitat for an
estimated 20 million resident and migratory
birds, including the grey or spot-billed pelican (Pelecanus
philippensis). The lake was declared as a
wildlife sanctuary in November 1999 under India's Wildlife
Protection Act of 1972, and designated a
wetland of international importance in November 2002 under the
international Ramsar Convention. The
wildlife sanctuary covers an area of 308 km2.
Egrets, grey herons, painted storks and black-headed ibises
gathering in thousands at Kolleru Lake,
Andhra Pradesh, India.
Kolleru Lake under Ramsar Convention (allowing local communities
(Here: Vaddi Community) to continue their
occupation of culture fish and caught fish) covers 90,100 hectares
(222,600 acres) and Kolleru Lake under
Wildlife Sanctuary covers 166,000 acres (67,200 ha)
2.Pulicat lake :
Pulicat Lagoon is the second largest brackish water lagoon in
India, after Chilika Lake. Pulicat Lagoon
is considered to be the second largest brackish water body in
India measuring 759* km2. The Lagoon is
one the three important wetlands to attract North-East Monsoon
rain clouds during October to December
season to Tamil Nadu. The lagoon comprises the following regions,
which adds up 759 km2 according to
Andhra Pradesh Forest Department*: 1) Pulicat Lake (Tamil Nadu-TN
& Andhra Pradesh-AP) 2) Marshy/Wetland
Land Region (AP) 3) Venadu Reserve Forest (AP) 4) Pernadu Reserve
Forest (AP) The lagoon was cut across
in the middle the Sriharikota Link Road, which divided the water
body into lake and marshy land. The
lake encompasses the Pulicat Lake Bird Sanctuary. The barrier
island of Sriharikota separates the lake
from the Bay of Bengal and is home to the Satish Dhawan Space
Centre.[1] Major part of the lake comes
under Nellore district of Andhra pradesh.
3. Vembanad lake:
Vembanad (Vembanad Kayal or Vembanad Kol) is the longest lake in
India,[1] and the largest lake in the
state of Kerala. Spanning several districts in the state of
Kerala, it is known as Vembanadu Lake in
Kottayam, Punnamada Lake in Kuttanad and Kochi Lake in Kochi.
Several groups of small islands including
Vypin, Mulavukad, Vallarpadam, Willingdon Island are located in
the Kochi Lake portion. Kochi Port is
built around the Willingdon Island and the Vallarpadam island.
The Nehru Trophy Boat Race is conducted in a portion of the lake.
High levels of pollution have been
noticed at certain hotspots of the Vembanad backwaters. Government
of India has identified the Vembanad
wetland under National Wetlands Conservation Programme.
4. Jai Samand Lake:
Dhebar Lake (also known as Jaisamand Lake) is India's
second-largest artificial lake, after Govind
Ballabh Pant Sagar.[1] It is located in the Udaipur District of
Rajasthan State in western India.
It has an area of 87 km2 (34 sq mi) when full, and was created in
the 17th century, when Rana Jai Singh
of Udaipur built a marble dam across the Gomati River. It is about
45.0 km (28.0 mi) from the district
headquarters of Udaipur. When first built, it was the largest
artificial lake in the world. The
surrounding Jaisamand Wildlife Sanctuary around Dhebar Lake can be
reached by the state highway to
Banswara from Udaipur. It is about 27.0 km (16.8 mi) from Parsad
(A village on National Highway No. 8).
Jaisamand Wildlife
Sanctuary protects about 162.0 square kilometres (16,200 ha), mostly
teakforest, on
the shores of Dhebar Lake. The lake has three islands measuring
from 10 to 40 acres
(40,000 to 162,000 m2) each. The Dhebar Lake Marble Dam is 300.0 m
(984.3 ft) long and is a part of
the "Heritage Monuments of India". The dam also has the
Hawa Mahal Palace, winter Capital of the
erstwhile Maharanas of Mewar.
