{"id":19572,"date":"2026-04-13T11:33:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T06:03:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=19572"},"modified":"2026-04-13T16:19:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T10:49:18","slug":"wular-lake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wular-lake\/","title":{"rendered":"Wular Lake"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Wular Lake Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Conservation initiatives at Wular Lake in Kashmir have reclaimed 5 sq.km. of silted land, removed willows, and reinforced lake embankments to boost its ecological integrity and flood resistance. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Wular Lake<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the <\/span><b>largest freshwater lake in India <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the <\/span><b>second largest freshwater lake in Asia.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Location<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is located in the Bandipore district of <\/span><b>Jammu and Kashmir.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It lies at the <\/span><b>north end of the Vale of Kashmir<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, 32 km north-northwest of Srinagar.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The lake lies at an altitude of 1,580 m on the <\/span><b>foothills of Haramuk Mountain.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The lake <\/span><b>controls the flow of the Jhelum River,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which<\/span><b> runs through it.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is 16 km long and 10 km wide. Its area varies from 30 to 260 sq.km. according to the season.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>lake basin<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was <\/span><b>formed as a result of tectonic activity.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is also <\/span><b>said to be a remnant of Satisar Lake that existed in ancient times.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This lake also has a small<\/span><b> island<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in its centre called the<\/span><b> \u2018Zaina Lank\u2019. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This island was <\/span><b>constructed by King Zainul-Abi-Din.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an important habitat for fish and contributes about <\/span><b>60 percent <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of the <\/span><b>fish yield of the Kashmir Valley.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 1990, it was designated as a <\/span><b>Wetland of International Importance under the Ramsar Convention.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.devdiscourse.com\/article\/science-environment\/3870321-reviving-wular-lake-a-restoration-success-story\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DEVD<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wular Lake is the largest freshwater lake in India and the second largest freshwater lake in Asia. 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