The green hills and beautiful valleys of Himachal Pradesh are adorned with charming and hot springs. It has both natural lakes as well as artificial ones. The natural lakes in HP represent a fragile eco system apart from being places of scenic beauty.
There are picturesque water bodies that attract large number of tourists all over the year. There are well known 25 natural lakes as they have originated in tropical sub tropical temperature and alpine regions. On the bases of their origin all the lakes of Himachal may be classified into five different kinds namely the salt lakes, glacial lakes, Remnant lakes, Natural dam lakes and structural lakes.
Lakes of Himachal
Bilaspur
Govind Sagar – (Largest manmade lake in HP due to construction of Bhakra Nangal Dam on river Satluj). The area of this lake is about 168 sq. Km and it exists between Slappar and Bhakra village at 88 km length.
Chamba
Ghadasaru Lake
Khajjiar Lake
Lama Lake
Manimahesh Lake – (3950 mts. Altidude)
Mahakali Lake
Kangra
Dal Lake
Kareri Lake
Pong Lake
Mandi
Kumarwah
Rewalsar
Prashar
Kunt Bhyog
Karasar
Sukhsar
Kullu
Servalsar
Bhrigu
Dashahr
Lahul Spiti
Unam-so
Surajtal
Chandratal
Shimla
Chandranahan
Tanu Jubbal
Kinnaur
Nako Lake
Sirmaur
Saketi Lake
Renuka lake – (Largest natural lake in HP) This lake has been named after the Mother of the Lord ParshuRam, Devi Renuka.
Lakes of Religious Sanctity
Beas Kund – Solang Vally
Dashar lake – Kullu
Bhrigu lake – Kullu
Rewalsar lake – Mandi
Prashar lake – Between Bajaura(Kullu) and Mandi
Nain Sarovar – Kullu
Renuka lake – Near Nahan
Mani Mahesh- Chamba
Khajjiar lake – Chamba
Man Made Lake
Gobind Sagar / Bhakra Lake – Bilaspur
Pandoh lake – Mandi
Maharana Pratap Sagar – Kangra
Chamera lake – Chamba
Hot Water Springs
Manikaran – Kullu
Kasol- Near Bhuntar , Kullu
Khirganga – Kullu
Vashishta – Kullu
Tattapani – 51 km from Shimla
Jeori – (near Rampur Bushahr) Kinnaur
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