The lake provides water to the Sultan Mahmud Power Station. It is the largest man-made lake in mainland South East Asia with an area of 260,000 hectares.
| Kenyir Lake |
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| Type | reservoir |
| Primary inflows | Kenyir River |
| Primary outflows | Terengganu River |
| Basin countries | Malaysia |
| Shanti Sagara |
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| Shanti Sagara |
| Location | Channagiri, Karnataka, South India |
| Coordinates | 14°7′48″N 75°54′17″ECoordinates: 14°7′48″N 75°54′17″E |
| Type | lake |
The largest lake, by both area and volume, is Lake Toba in Sumatra. It holds 240 km³ of freshwater, and is the largest lake body in Southeast Asia. Indonesia has 3 of the 20 deepest lakes in the world - Lake Matano in Sulawesi (590 m), Lake Toba in Sumatra (505 m), and Lake Poso in Sulawesi (450 m).
Asia Lakes - 29 Lakes in Asia.
Lake Wular belongs to the largest freshwater lakes in India and lies in the Kashmir Valley, 40 km northwest of Srinagar City in the Northwest of India. With a size of 189 sq. km, Wular Lake is also one of the largest freshwater lakes in Asia.
This massive saline lake, which is nearly the same size as Japan, borders five countries: Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, and Iran.
The Greatest Lakes.
| Rank | 1 |
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| Lake Name | Caspian Sea |
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| Surface Area | 143,000 sq mi (371,000km²) |
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| Type | Saline |
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| Countries on shoreline | KazakhstanRussiaTurkmenistan Azerbaijan Iran |
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| Tonlé Sap |
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| Basin countries | Cambodia |
| Max. length | 250 km (160 mi) (maximum) |
| Max. width | 100 km (62 mi)(maximum) |
| Surface area | 2,700 km2 (1,000 sq mi) (minimum) 16,000 km2 (6,200 sq mi) (maximum) |
Chilika lake spread over Puri , Khurda & Ganjam district of Odisha ( orissa ) is the largest lake of Asia spread over 1100 km. It is the largest wintering ground for migratory birds on the Indian sub-continent. The lake is home to a number of threatened species of plants and animals.
The Caspian Sea is the largest lake in the world, having a total area of 371,000 square kilometres, and it actually sits below sea level by 28 metres.
It is the most popular and most visited lake of Nepal. Phewa lake is located at an altitude of 742 m (2,434 ft) and covers an area of about 4.43 km2 (1.7 sq mi).
| Phewa Lake |
|---|
| Basin countries | Nepal |
| Max. length | 4 km (2.5 mi) |
| Max. width | 2 km (1.2 mi) |
| Surface area | 5.7260 km2 (2.2 sq mi) |
2nd biggest lake of India - Vembanad Lake.
Lake Superior is the largest of the Great Lakes and ranks as the second largest lake in the world (by surface area).
Great Bear Lake straddles the Arctic Circle in the remote Northwest Territories of Canada. At just over 12,000 square miles, the lake is the eighth largest in the world. It is bigger than Belgium and deeper than Lake Superior, and it is covered in ice and snow most of the year.
List of lakes
| Name | Area |
|---|
| 1 | Caspian Sea* | 371,000 km2 (143,000 sq mi) |
| 2 | Superior | 82,100 km2 (31,700 sq mi) |
| 3 | Victoria | 68,870 km2 (26,590 sq mi) |
| 4 | Huron | 59,600 km2 (23,000 sq mi) |
Much of the water flowing into Nevada's Pyramid Lake comes from Lake Tahoe. This is illustrated by the lake's volume, which is 25 percent more than that of Great Salt Lake despite its smaller area.
The Tonle Sap in Cambodia, the largest lake in Southeast Asia, drains into the vast Mekong delta.
Mount Hkakabo in northern Myanmar on the border with China, at 19,295 feet (5,881 metres), is the highest peak of mainland Southeast Asia.
Lake Baikal in southern Russia is the world's deepest lake. It is an estimated 5,387 feet deep (1,642 meters), and its bottom is approximately 3,893 feet (1,187 meters) below sea level. Lake Baikal is also the world's largest freshwater lake in terms of volume.
Both Siamese crocodiles (Crocodylus siamensis) and saltwater crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus) once occurred side-by-side in the lake, and there is thought to be inter-species breeding amongst the crocodiles found in the floating farms on the western part of the Lake in and around Prek Toal.
The Tonle Sap, a combined lake and river system that swells in the rainy season to form Southeast Asia's largest freshwater lake, has for generations supported fishing communities living in floating villages of moored houseboats. Resident Keng Chin said the Tonle Sap water is too dirty even to wash clothes with.
Cambodia is a country in
mainland Southeast Asia, border Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, the Gulf of Thailand and covers a total area of 181,035 km
2 (69,898 sq mi).
Geography of Cambodia.
| Continent | Asia |
|---|
| Region | Southeast Asia |
| Coordinates | 13°00′N 105°00′E |
| Area | Ranked 88th |
| • Total | 181,035 km2 (69,898 sq mi) |
Spanning 17,000 square kilometers in Kazakhstan, Lake Balkhash is the largest lake in Central Asia and fifteenth-largest in the world.
Cambodia, country on the Indochinese mainland of Southeast Asia. Cambodia is largely a land of plains and great rivers and lies amid important overland and river trade routes linking China to India and Southeast Asia.
Manasbal Lake is located in Ganderbal District of Jammu and Kashmir. Lake is encircled by three villages. It is stated to be the deepest lake (at 13 m or 43 ft depth) in India.
