The Lakes of

Kumaon hills Kumaon (; Kumaoni: ''Kumāū''; ; historically romanized as KemāonJames Prinsep (Editor)John McClelland ) is a revenue and administrative division in the Indian State of Uttarakhand. It spans over the eastern half of the state and is bounded ...

are a group of lakes located in the Nainital district,

Kumaon Kumaon or Kumaun may refer to: * Kumaon division, a region in Uttarakhand, India * Kumaon Kingdom, a former country in Uttarakhand, India * Kumaon, Iran, a village in Isfahan Province, Iran * , a ship of the Royal Indian Navy during WWII See also ...

. Nainital district is also called the ‘Lake District’ 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 populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

. These are under restoration with funds provided by the National Lake Conservation Plan (NLCP) of the

Government of India The Government of India (ISO: ; often abbreviated as GoI), known as the Union Government or Central Government but often simply as the Centre, is the national government of the Republic of India, a federal democracy located in South Asia, c ...

.http://www.worldlakes.org/uploads/Management_of_lakes_in_India_10Mar04.pdf Management of Lakes in Inda The major lakes are the

Nainital Nainital ( Kumaoni: ''Naintāl''; ) is a city and headquarters of Nainital district of Kumaon division, Uttarakhand, India. It is the judicial capital of Uttarakhand, the High Court of the state being located there and is the headquarters o ...

Bhimtal Bhimtal ( Kumaoni: ''Bhīmtāl'') is a town and a nagar panchayat, near Nainital city in Nainital district in the state of Uttarakhand, India. It is situated at an altitude of 1370 meters above sea level and is about 22 kilometers from Nainita ...

Sat Tal Sattal or Sat Tal (Hindi for "seven lakes") is an interconnected group of seven freshwater lakes situated in the Lower Himalayan Range near Bhimtal, a town of the Nainital district in Uttarakhand, India. During the British Raj, the area had a ...

(Sattal) and the

Naukuchiatal Naukuchiatal or "lake of nine corners" is a small hill station, near Nainital Town in Nainital district of Kumaon, Uttarakhand, India. The chairman is Devendra Singh chanotiya. The lake is 175 feet deep and is situated at above sea level. ...

Gallery

File:Bhimtalimage.jpg, Canoe on the lake File:NainiLake.jpg, Traditional Kumaoni boats on the lake File:The dam and the Bhim temple at Bhimtal, 1895.jpg, The dam by the Bhimtal Lake and the Bhim temple at Bhimtal, 1895. File:Naukuchiatal Lake.jpg,

Lake File:A view of Nainital lake with the morning mist.jpg, Boats on Naini Lake File:BhimTal, Nainital, Uttarakhand.jpg, Bhimtal Lake aerial view File:DUCKS IN NAINI LAKE - panoramio.jpg, Ducks near Nainital

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