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1537:Sambhar Lake
1471:Tampara Lake
1456:Chilika Lake
1446:Anshupa Lake
1428:Pala Wetland
1354:Sakhya Sagar
1349:Bhoj Wetland
1257:Mansar Lakes
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1725:West Bengal
1711:Uttarakhand
1696:Sur Sarovar
1410:Loktak Lake
1392:Thane Creek
1374:Maharashtra
1359:Sirpur Lake
1220:Renuka Lake
1118:Kanwar Lake
1100:Deepor Beel
913:Monasteries
869:Zingzingbar
374:Kunzum Pass
332:Description
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1753:Categories
1547:Tamil Nadu
1387:Lonar Lake
1262:Wular Lake
1159:Nalsarovar
1136:Nanda Lake
827:Rohtang La
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183:Max. depth
159:Max. width
101:77°37′01″E
98:32°28′31″N
1524:Rajasthan
1326:Tsomoriri
1272:Karnataka
1164:Thol Lake
1154:Khijadiya
1024:Suraj Tal
934:Gozzangwa
822:Kunzum La
679:27 August
383:Suraj Tal
346:Himalayas
328:valleys.
322:Kunzum La
291:moon lake
1253:Surinsar
997:See also
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576:28 March
69:Location
1764:Cirques
1630:Tripura
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