{"id":28581,"date":"2026-06-27T12:55:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T07:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=28581"},"modified":"2026-06-27T14:58:34","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T09:28:34","slug":"lonar-lake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/lonar-lake\/","title":{"rendered":"Lonar Lake"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Lonar Lake Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At a time when water levels in reservoirs and lakes are receding and groundwater is depleting across Maharashtra, the Lonar crater-lake is throwing up a mystery \u2014 its water level is rising.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Lonar Lake<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lonar Lake (also known as <\/span><b>Lonar Crater<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) is situated in the Buldhana district of <\/span><b>Maharashtra<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is less than 1.6 km in diameter, and <\/span><b>sits in a nearly circular bowl.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It sits inside the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/deccan-plateau\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Deccan Plateau<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014a massive<\/span><b> plain of volcanic basalt rock<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> leftover from eruptions some 65 million years ago.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its location in this basalt field suggested to some geologists that it was a volcanic crater.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today, however, Lonar Crater is understood to <\/span><b>result from a meteorite impact<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that occurred around<\/span><b> 50,000 years ago.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the <\/span><b>only known impact crater lake in basaltic rock in the world.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the <\/span><b>only known saline crater lake in the world. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its water is <\/span><b>seven times saltier than seawater <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">due to the presence of basalt rock.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The basin is <\/span><b>surrounded by steep slopes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>centuries-old temples<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has <\/span><b>several springs around<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the lake that supply water to the lake.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has <\/span><b>several vents around <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the lake that <\/span><b>release gases <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">such as methane, carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulphide, etc.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the most striking aspects is its <\/span><b>color<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which <\/span><b>changes from green to pink depending on the season<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the water conditions.\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is <\/span><b>caused by the<\/b> <b>presence of microorganisms<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that thrive in the saline and alkaline environment of the lake.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It finds its <\/span><b>inclusion in the Puranas<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and other ancient scriptures, including the <\/span><b>Aaina-i-Akbari. <\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News<\/b><strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deccanherald.com\/india\/maharashtra\/groundreport-lonar-crater-lakes-risingwater-level-causes-concern-4052927\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lonar Lake (also known as Lonar Crater) is situated in the Buldhana district of Maharashtra. 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