loktak lake is the largest artificial lake in india.
loktak lake is the largest artificial lake in india.
which is the largest artificial lake in india?
loktak lake
dhebar lake (also known as jaisamand lake) is india's second-largest artificial lake, after govind ballabh pant sagar. it is located in the udaipur district of rajasthan state in western india. it has an area of when full, and was created in the 17th century, when rana jai singh of udaipur built a marble dam across the gomati river. it is about from the district headquarters of udaipur. when first built, it was the largest artificial lake in the world. the surrounding jaisamand wildlife sanctuary around dhebar lake can be reached by the state highway to banswara from udaipur. it is about from parsad (a village on national highway no. 8). jaisamand wildlife sanctuary protects about , mostly teak forest, on the shores of dhebar lake. the lake has three islands measuring from each. the dhebar lake marble dam is long and is a part of the "heritage monuments of india". the dam also has the hawa mahal palace, winter capital of the erstwhile maharanas of mewar.
dhebar lake
the drin is extremely important for the albanian economy, especially for its electrical production. four hydropower facilities produce most of albania's electricity (over 1200mw capacity). the artificial lake fierza (albanian: "liqeni i fierzës") created by the dam at fierzë is the largest artificial lake in albania with its surface of 73 km². the second largest artificial lake is also built on this river. vau i dejës lake () has an area of 25 km². construction of the fierza power station caused some controversy in the 1980s. without reaching any agreement, the albanian government ordered the reservoir to be filled with water, which flooded some border areas of kosovo, then part of yugoslavia. the yugoslav government protested, but no solution was agreed on. thus, today, lake fierza is shared by albania and kosovo.
drin river