Rara Lake
The Rara Lake is the biggest and deepest fresh water lake in the Nepal. It is the main feature of the Rara National Park, located in the Jumla and Mugu Districts.
In September 2007, the lake was declared a Ramsar site, covering 1,583 ha (including the surrounding wetland. Rara Lake lies at an altitude of 2,990 m above sea level, has a water surface of 10.8 km2 , a maximum depth of 167 m, is 5.1 km long and 2.7 km wide. It drains into the Mugu Karnali River via the Nijar River.
Phoksundo Lake
Phoksundo Lake vis an alpine fresh water oligotrophic lake in Nepal's Shey Phoksundo National Park, located at an elevation of 3,611.5 m above sea level in the Dolpa District.
Phoksundo Lake is 494 ha in size with a water volume of 409,000,000 m3 and a discharge of 3.715 m3/s . In 2004, a survey by the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology measured the maximum depth of the lake at 145 m. In September 2007, Phoksundo Lake has been designated a Ramsar site.On the lake' southern end, the village of Ringmo sits on the 30,000- to 40,000-year-old landslide dam that formed the lake. Past the dam, the waters of the lake plunge over a 167 m tall waterfall.
Fewa Lake
The Phewa Lake is a freshwater lake in Nepal and it is located in the south of the Pokhara.
The Phewa lake is located at an altitude of 742 m/2,434 ft above sea level and covers an area of about 5.23 square kilometer and It has an average depth of about 8.6 m. The lake is one of the easy accessible lake in Nepal for recreational boating and one can view great views of the Himalayas including fishtail mountain from the Phewa lake. As the Pokhara is the gate way of all the trekking of the Annapurna region.
Tilicho Lake
The Tilicho Lake is located in the Manang district of Nepal and It is situated at an altitude of 4,919 metres above sea level in the Annapurna range of the Himalayas.
It is known as the highest lake in the world. The water is fresh from the mountain in Tilicho Lake and the Tilicho lake is the one of the beautiful lake and many of the people travel to the lake to see the Lake and one can equally see the views of the Great Himalayas.
Gosaikunda Lake
Gosaikunda Lake is an alpine freshwater lake in Nepal's Langtang National Park, located at an altitude of 4,380 m in the Rasuwa District of Nepal.
The lake melts and sips down to form the Trishuli River and remains frozen for six months in and there are 108 lakes in this area, small to medium in size..Special festival is celebrated in this lake in the full moon day of August every year and many Hindu pilgrimages pay homage in this lake every especially in the full moon day of August.
Gokyo Lake
The Gokyo Lakes located at an altitude of 4,700–5,000 m above sea level and these lakes are the world’s highest freshwater lake system comprising six main lakes.
Gokyo Lake is one of the beautiful lakes in Nepal and being located in the Himalayas, once can see the Himalaya and the lakes and many people visit the lake and the Himalayas every year as one should take the trekking tour to Gokyo Lake, or to Chola pass or Renjo la pass Trek.
Begnas Lake
Begnas Lake is a freshwater lake in pokhara-lekhnath metropolitan municipality of Kaski district of Nepal located in the south-east of the Pokhara Valley. The lake is the second largest, after Phewa lake, among the eight lakes in Pokhara Valley.
Begnas Lake area with a number of resorts is a popular destination for tourists visiting Pokhara. The water from the lake is used for irrigation and some parts of the lake are used as caged fisheries. The Begnas lake area has a number of swampy areas around it, many of which have been converted to paddy fields day by day.
Imja Lake
Imja lake is a glacial lake created after melt water began collecting at the foot of the Imja Glacier on the lower part of the glacier in the 1950s.
A 2009 study described this lake of melt water as one of the fastest-growing in the Himalaya.Held in place by a terminal moraine, Imja Tsho threatens downstream communities with the potential for a glacial outburst flood. Imja Tsho has been identified as one of the potentially dangerous lakes in Himalaya.
Taudaha Lake
The Taudaha Lake is believed to be a remnant pool of the huge lake that once existed where now the city of Kathmandu sits.
According to mythology, a Buddhist mythical character Manjushree cut the hill in the valley's south, allowing the lake's water to drain off, thereby creating land that was duly occupied by people. Folklore suggests that that "cut" in the hill is the Chobar Gorge, a narrow passage from which the Bagmati River exits the Kathmandu Valley. After the water of the ancient lake drained away, a few small lakes and ponds were created beyond the hills. Taudaha is believed to be one of those ponds.
Rupa Lake
Rupa Lake or Rupa Tal is a freshwater lake in Nepal located in the pokhara-lekhnath metropolitian municipality.
It is the third biggest lake in Pokhara valley of Nepal and at an altitude of 600 m covering area about 1.35 km2 with an average water depth 3 m and maximum depth 6 m.. It supports a number of floral and faunal species. A total of 36 species of waterbirds have been recorded in the lake which represents about 19 percent of the total 193 wetland-dependent birds found in Nepal.
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