## 🟢 **1. Jammu & Kashmir / Ladakh**
* **Freshwater:**
* Dal Lake
* Wular Lake (Largest freshwater lake in India)
* Manasbal Lake
* **Brackish water:**
* Pangong Tso (partly saline, high-altitude lake)
* Tso Moriri
* **Man-made:**
* Mansar Lake (natural + small dammed sections)
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## 🟢 **2. Himachal Pradesh**
* **Freshwater:**
* Renuka Lake
* Rewalsar Lake
* Khajjiar Lake
* Prashar Lake
* **Man-made:**
* Govind Sagar Lake (on Bhakra Dam – Sutlej River)
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## 🟢 **3. Punjab**
* **Man-made:**
* Harike Lake (at confluence of Beas & Sutlej – reservoir type, brackish)
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## 🟢 **4. Haryana**
* **Man-made / Brackish:**
* Sultanpur Lake (bird sanctuary, shallow, partly brackish)
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## 🟢 **5. Uttarakhand**
* **Freshwater:**
* Naini Lake
* Bhimtal
* Naukuchiatal
* Sattal
* Deoria Tal
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## 🟢 **6. Uttar Pradesh**
* **Freshwater:**
* Belasagar Lake (Mahoba)
* Sandi Lake (Hardoi – bird sanctuary)
* Nawabganj Lake
* **Man-made:**
* Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar (Rihand Dam Reservoir – Son River)
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## 🟢 **7. Rajasthan**
* **Freshwater:**
* Jaisamand Lake (2nd largest artificial freshwater lake)
* Ana Sagar Lake (Ajmer – man-made)
* Fateh Sagar Lake (Udaipur – man-made)
* **Saltwater / Brackish:**
* Sambhar Lake (largest inland salt lake in India)
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## 🟢 **8. Gujarat**
* **Freshwater:**
* Thol Lake (bird sanctuary)
* Nal Sarovar (brackish to freshwater)
* **Saltwater:**
* Little Rann of Kutch (seasonal salt pans)
* **Man-made:**
* Kankaria Lake (Ahmedabad – artificial)
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## 🟢 **9. Madhya Pradesh**
* **Freshwater:**
* Bhojtal (Upper Lake, Bhopal – man-made freshwater)
* Lower Lake (Bhopal)
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## 🟢 **10. Maharashtra**
* **Freshwater:**
* Lonar Lake (alkaline crater lake – technically saline)
* Rankala Lake (Kolhapur)
* **Man-made:**
* Shivsagar Lake (Koyna Dam Reservoir)
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## 🟢 **11. Chhattisgarh**
* **Man-made:**
* Kharun Lake (Bilaspur – dammed riverine lake)
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## 🟢 **12. Odisha**
* **Brackish Water:**
* Chilika Lake (largest brackish lake in India; Ramsar site)
* **Man-made:**
* Hirakud Reservoir (on Mahanadi River)
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## 🟢 **13. West Bengal**
* **Freshwater:**
* Rabindra Sarobar (Kolkata – man-made freshwater)
* Santragachi Jheel
* **Brackish / Saltwater:**
* East Kolkata Wetlands
* Talsari lagoon (near Digha – brackish)
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## 🟢 **14. Bihar**
* **Freshwater:**
* Kanwar Lake (Asia’s largest oxbow lake)
* **Man-made:**
* Indrapuri Reservoir
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## 🟢 **15. Jharkhand**
* **Man-made:**
* Ranchi Lake
* Tilaiya Dam Reservoir
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## 🟢 **16. Assam**
* **Freshwater:**
* Deepor Beel (Ramsar site)
* Chandubi Lake (volcanic origin)
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## 🟢 **17. Meghalaya**
* **Freshwater:**
* Umiam Lake (Barapani – man-made reservoir)
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## 🟢 **18. Manipur**
* **Freshwater:**
* Loktak Lake (largest freshwater lake in Northeast India)
* Keibul Lamjao National Park (floating park on Loktak)
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## 🟢 **19. Tripura**
* **Freshwater:**
* Dumbur Lake
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## 🟢 **20. Andhra Pradesh**
* **Freshwater:**
* Kolleru Lake (largest freshwater lake in South India)
* **Brackish water:**
* Pulicat Lake (shared with Tamil Nadu – 2nd largest brackish lake)
* **Man-made:**
* Nagarjuna Sagar Reservoir
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## 🟢 **21. Telangana**
* **Man-made:**
* Hussain Sagar Lake (Hyderabad)
* Osman Sagar
* Himayat Sagar
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## 🟢 **22. Karnataka**
* **Freshwater:**
* Ulsoor Lake (Bangalore)
* **Man-made:**
* Tungabhadra Reservoir
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## 🟢 **23. Tamil Nadu**
* **Brackish:**
* Pulicat Lake (shared with Andhra)
* **Man-made:**
* Chembarambakkam Lake
* Veeranam Lake
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## 🟢 **24. Kerala**
* **Freshwater:**
* Vembanad Lake (largest lake in Kerala, brackish in parts)
* Sasthamkotta Lake (largest freshwater lake in Kerala)
* **Brackish water:**
* Ashtamudi Lake (Ramsar site)
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## 🟢 **25. Goa**
* **Brackish:**
* Carambolim Lake
* Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary lagoons
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## 🟢 **26. Arunachal Pradesh**
* **Freshwater:**
* Sela Lake
* Ganga Lake (Gyakar Sinyi)
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## 🟢 **27. Sikkim**
* **Freshwater:**
* Tsomgo
Lake (Changu)
* Gurudongmar Lake (high altitude freshwater lake)
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