Reservoirs

Maharana Pratap Sagar Maharana Pratap Sagar, also known as Pong Reservoir or Pong Dam Lake is a large reservoir in Fatehpur, Jawali and Dehra tehsil of Kangra district of the state of Himachal Pradesh in India. It was created in 1975, by building the highest earthf ...

* Pandoh Lake *

Gobind Sagar Gobind Sagar Lake is a reservoir situated in Una and Bilaspur districts of Himachal Pradesh, India. It is formed by the Bhakra Dam. The reservoir is on the river Sutlej and is named in honour of Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Sikh guru. One of ...

Chamera Dam The Chamera Dam impounds the River Ravi and supports the hydroelectricity project in the region. It is located near the town of Dalhousie, in the Chamba district in the state of Himachal Pradesh in India. The reservoir of the dam is the Chame ...

Low Altitude Lakes

Renuka Lake Renuka lake is in the Sirmaur district of Himachal Pradesh in India and it is 672 m above the sea level. It is the largest lake in Himachal Pradesh, with a circumference of about 3214 m. This lake was named after the goddess Renuka and is design ...

Macchial Lake Macchial Lake or Machyal Lake is a low altitude lake which is situated in Mandi district in the state of Himachal Pradesh, India. The lake is considered sacred and is named after Machinder Nath or Matasya Avtar of Lord Vishnu literally 'The Fis ...

Mid Altitude Lakes

* Dal Lake District kangra * Khajjiar Lake District Chamba *Kumarwah Lake District Mandi * Rewalsar Lake District mandi

High Altitude Lakes

Prashar Lake Prashar Lake (also spelled Parashar Lake) is a freshwater lake located at an altitude of in the Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh, India. It lies east of the town of Mandi, and has a three storied pagoda-like temple dedicated to the sage Pras ...

(2730m)- Mandi district *

Dehnasar Lake Dehnasar Lake is a high-altitude freshwater lake lying in the Kangra District of Himachal Pradesh, India. This is a concurrent place for Kullu, Kangra and Mandi and people gathered 20th of Bhadrapada or Bhaado for the holy bath. (mainly dur ...

(4280m) -Kangra district *

Nako Lake Nako Lake is a high altitude lake in the Pooh sub-division of the Kinnaur district of the state of Himachal Pradesh in India. It forms part of the boundary of Nako village, and is named after it. It is about above sea level. The lake is surro ...

(3662m) - Kinnaur district *

Chandra Tal Tso Chigma or Chandra Taal (meaning the ''Lake of the Moon''), or Chandra Tal is a lake in the spiti part of the Lahul and Spiti district of Himachal Pradesh, India. Chandra Taal is near the source of the Chandra River. Despite the rugged a ...

(4300m) -Lahaul & Spiti district *

Suraj Tal Suraj Tal, also called Tso Kamtsi or Surya Tal, is an long lake that lies just below the high Bara-lacha-la pass in Lahaul and Spiti district of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. It is the third highest lake in India, and the 21st-highe ...

(4883m) -Lahaul & Spiti district *

Dhankar Lake Dhankar Lake is a high altitude lake in Spiti Valley, in the Himachal Pradesh state of India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most po ...

Dashair Dashair Lake is located near the Rohtang Pass that connects Kullu district with Lahaul in the state of Himachal Pradesh, India. It is about above the sea level and it is also known as Sarkund.Bhrighu Lake (4235m) - Kullu district *

Manimahesh Lake Manimahesh Lake (also known as Dal Lake, Manimahesh) is a high altitude lake (elevation ) situated close to the Manimahesh Kailash Peak in the Pir Panjal Range of the Himalayas, in the Bharmour subdivision of Chamba district of the Indian state ...

(4080m) -Chamba district *

Gadasru Lake Ghadhasaru Lake or Gadasru Mahadev Lake (alternatively spelled as Gandasaru or Gadasaru) is a high altitude lake located near Devikothi village of the Churah tehsil of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh, India at an elevation of about a ...

(3470m) - Chamba district *

Mahakali Lake Mahakali Lake is a high altitude lake which lies between Sano and Gudial villages of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh, India. It is about above the sea level. This lake remains frozen for 6 months from November to April. History Lake is ...

(4080m) -Chamba district *

Lama Dal Lam Dal or Laam Dal is a high altitude lake located in Piura Dhar of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh, India. It is situated 45 km from the town of Chamba at an elevation of about above the sea level. History Lama Dal lake is held s ...

(3960m) -Chamba district *

Chander Naun Chandar Nahan is a high altitude lake which is located in Rohru tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh (; ; "Snow-laden Mountain Province") is a state in the northern part of India. Situated in the Western Himala ...

(4260m) *

Kareri Lake Kareri Lake is a shallow high elevation fresh water lake located on the southern spur of the Dhauladhar range approximately 9 km northwest of Dharamsala in Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh, India.Nag Dal Lake Nag or NAG may refer to: Computers * Nag, a multi user tasklist manager included in Horde (software) * Numerical Algorithms Group, a software company ** NAG Numerical Library, numerical analysis software * Numeric Annotation Glyphs, in computeri ...

(4150m) * Kamrunag lake (3334m) Mandi in district.mandi In the

Shimla Shimla (; ; also known as Simla, List of renamed Indian cities and states#Himachal Pradesh, the official name until 1972) is the capital and the largest city of the States and union territories of India, northern Indian state of Himachal Prade ...

area lie the small rain water fed lakes of Tani Jubbar, Kunihar and Karwali that lies of the Choti Shali Peak. There are several natural ponds in the area-one lies below New Shimla and there is another between ''Mashobra'' and ''Carignano''.

References

External links

Himachal Pradesh Tourism Dep. of India
{{Lakes of Himachal Pradesh

Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh (; ; "Snow-laden Mountain Province") is a state in the northern part of India. Situated in the Western Himalayas, it is one of the thirteen mountain states and is characterized by an extreme landscape featuring several peaks ...

Lakes A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much larger ...