{"id":70554,"date":"2026-05-20T12:55:38","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T07:25:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=70554"},"modified":"2026-05-20T14:16:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T08:46:10","slug":"loktak-lake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/loktak-lake\/","title":{"rendered":"Loktak Lake"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Loktak Lake Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The northeastern state of Manipur contains the amazing freshwater body of Loktak Lake, known for its perfect circular floating islands called phumdis.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Loktak Lake<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is located in the state of <\/span><b>Manipur<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spread across nearly 287 sq.km., it is the <\/span><b>largest freshwater lake<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in <\/span><b>Northeast India.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The lake is famous for its <\/span><b>phumdis<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Phumdis are unique, <\/span><b>heterogeneous masses of vegetation, soil, and organic matter <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that <\/span><b>float on the water&#8217;s surface.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Only 20% of a phumdis\u2019 thickness floats above the water <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">surface; the other 80% remains submerged.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The floating masses are<\/span><b> strong enough to support fishing huts,<\/b> <b>human settlements,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and animal habitats.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/keibul-lamjao-national-park\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b> Keibul Lamjao National Park <\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is an integral part of the lake. It is the <\/span><b>world&#8217;s only floating national park.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The park is best known as the <\/span><b>habitat of the endangered sangai deer,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> also called the <\/span><b>brow-antlered deer,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which is <\/span><b>native to Manipur.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Rivers <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">like <\/span><b>Khuga, Western, Nambul, Imphal, Kongba<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Iril, Thoubal, Heirok, and Sekmai <\/span><b>drain into this lake.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was designated as a <\/span><b>wetland of international importance under the Ramsar Convention <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in 1990.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It features under the <\/span><b>Montreux Record <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in 1993, \u201ca record of Ramsar sites where changes in ecological character have occurred, are occurring, or are likely to occur\u201d.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It supports hydropower, fisheries, transport, and tourism.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/science\/this-mysterious-floating-lake-with-circular-islands-in-india-is-also-home-to-one-of-the-worlds-longest-snakes\/articleshow\/131177467.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TOI<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Loktak Lake is located in the state of Manipur. 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