DRAINAGE OF INDIA
LAKES
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Dul Lake
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Budkhal
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Tso Moriri
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Lonar Lake
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Detailed explanation-1: -Lonar lake is a lake of lagoon in Buldhana district of Maharashtra state. It was created due to a meteorite. It is the only major hoverback in the basalt rock.
Detailed explanation-2: -Lonar lake, also known as Lonar crater, is formed due to the meteorite collision. It is a notified Geo-heritage Monument with saline and alkaline water.
Detailed explanation-3: -52, 000 years ago, a meteor weighing 2 million tonnes collided with the earth in Maharashtra, forming the world’s third-largest natural salt-water lake. Today, Lonar Lake is one such perplexing ecological, geological and astronomical marvel.
Detailed explanation-4: -The lake, which is a notified national geo-heritage monument, has saline water with pH of 10.5, Gajanan Kharat, member of the Lonar lake conservation and development committee, told . “There are algae in the water body. The salinity and algae can be responsible for this change, ‘’ he said.