Sunday, 7 April 2013


Article:    Beautiful Lakes of Pakistan
       By:   Amna Safdar

Pakistan is home to several natural and man made lakes and reservoirs. The largest lake in Pakistan is the Man-char Lake, which is also the largest lake in South Asia. The lake is spread over an area of over 100 square miles. The highest lake in Pakistan is the Rush Lake, which is also the 25th highest lake is the world at an altitude of over 4,700 meters. The second highest lake in Pakistan is the Karambar Lake, which at an altitude of 4,272 meters, is the 31st highest lake in the world.
Pakistan’s northern mountainous regions of Karakorum  Himalaya and Hindukush are bestowed upon some of most picturesque high altitude lakes in the world. These consist of several glacial, kettle and valley bottom lakes ranging from 2500m to 4600m in altitude. These high altitude lakes are important source of fresh water and most importantly they support a number of animal, birds, fish and plant species. These scenic lakes are also important source of tourism. However most of these resources are not under any kind of protection or management, resulting in degradation of its rich flora and fauna.
Famous Lakes Of Pakistan

(1)            Katpana Lake



Katpana lake is Located  in Katpana Northern area Gb Pakistan.There are  2 lakes both  are same and Equal looks very interesting picnic points .It Takes approximately 25 mints from Skardu city to catch.



. (2)Sadpara Lake

 Satpara Lake is a natural lake near Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan, which supplies water to Skardu Valley. It is fed by the Satpara Stream.
Satpara Lake is situated at an elevation of 2,636 meters (8,650 ft) above sea level and is spread over an area of 2.5 km².Since 2003, Satpara Dam is being constructed downstream of the lake and, upon completion, will enlarge the size of Satpara Lake.   


 (3)Attaabad Lake

Attabad Lake, Gojal, also known as Gojal Lake, is a lake in the Gojal Valley of northern Pakistan created in January 2010 by alandslide dam.
The lake was formed due to a massive landslide at Attabad village in Gilgit-Baltistan, 9 miles (14 km) upstream (east) of Karimabadthat occurred on January 4, 2010.[5] The landslide killed twenty people and blocked the flow of the Hunza River for five months. The lake flooding has displaced 6,000 people from upstream villages, stranded (from land transportation routes) a further 25,000, and inundated over 12 miles (19 km) of the Karakoram Highway. The lake reached 13 miles (21 km) long and over 100 metres in depth by the first week of June 2010 when it began flowing over the landslide dam, completely submerging lower Shishkat and partly flooding Gulmit. The subdivision of Gojal has the greatest number of flooded buildings, over 170 houses and 120 shops.
(4)Kachura Lakes


The Kachura Lakes are two lakes in the Skardu District of Gilgit-Baltistan, northern Pakistan. The lakes, at 2,500 metres (8,200 ft) in elevation, are Upper Kachura Lake and Lower Kachura Lake. The latter is also known as Shangrila Lake and is within a tourist resort named Shangrila Resort outside the town of Skardu.
The lakes are in the Karakoram mountain range of the western Himalayas, the greater Kashmir region, and in the Indus River basin.


(5)Rush Lake





Rush Lake is a high altitude lake located near Rush Pari Peak (5,098 m). At over 4,694 meters, Rush is one of the highest alpine lakes in the world. It is located about 15 km north of Miar Peak and Spantik (Golden Peak), which are in the Nagar valley. Rush Lake and Rush Peak can be reached via Nagar and Hopar and via the Hopar Glacier (Bualtar Glacier) and Miar Glacier, which rises from Miar and Phuparash peaks. The trek to Rush Lake provides spectacular views of Spantik, Malubiting, Miar Peak, Phuparash Peakand Ultar Sar.


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