World-wide Famous Lakes of Pakistan

Presented to: Miss Mehnaz Zainab Presented by: Muhammad Waqas (MSPE-15)

Pakistan The land of beauty

v Our home-land is the land of beauty and the land of rich cultural and historical heritage. In addition, we have fertile fields, plateaus, lakes, rivers, deserts, coasts, glaciers and the towering peaks. Here we are going to have a look at the lakes of our country that are known all over the world.

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Khyber Pakhtunkhwah Lakes

vAnsoo Lake vDudi Pat-sar vLulusar Lake vMahodand Lake vPeryanodand Lake vSaiful-malook Lake vSiri-paya Lake

Punjab Lakes
vNamal Lake vSubri Lake vUchali Lake vRawal Lake

Sindh Lakes
vKeenjhar Lake vHaleji Lake vManchar Lake

Gilgit Baltistan Lakes

vAta Abad Lake vUpper Kachura and Lower kachura (Shangrila) Lake vRama Lake vRush Lake vSheosar Lake vHaramosh Lake

Azad Kashmir Lakes

Banjosa Lake Chitta Katha Lake Shonter Lake Saral Lake Ratti Gali Lake

Balochistan Lakes
Hanna Lake Hamun-e-Mashkhel Lake

Ansoo Lake is a high-altitude lake (4,137 metres) in the Kaghan Valley. It is near Malika Parbat (5290 m) in the Himalayan range. This lake can be reached by two different routes. First one is short but steeper trek from Saiful Mulook Lake. It takes more than 12 hours for a round trip to Ansoo lake starting from lake Saiful Mulook. This trek is covered with snow in most parts of the year.

Ansoo Lake

Ansoo Lake
Second trek to reach Ansoo Lake starts from the village Mahandri, which is 40km south to Naran , and it goes through Manoor Gali and Kach Gali. This trek takes at least three days of 12 hour trekking to get to Ansoo Lake. PTDC Data: Foreign visitors in 2001: 1670 Foreign visitors in 2009: 145

Ansoo Lake

Ansoo Lake In Summer

Chitta Katha Lake

v A very beautiful lake in Neelum Valley, Azad Kashmir, at height of 4000 m. v v 10 hours drive from Muzaffar Abad to reacha Keil (a small town). v v 6 hours treking from Keil to this beautiful lake. v v It is only acessible in June and July.

Chitta Katha Lake

Dudipat-Sar
v Dudipat-sar or DudipatLake is a lake encircled by snow clad peaks in extreme north of the Kaghan Valley.

v v It is at a height of 3860 m. v v The word "dudi" means white and "sar" means lake. v This name has been given to the lake because of the white color of snow at surrounding peaks.

Dudipat-Sar
v Ideal season to visit: From June to September. v v 4 hours drive from Naran to Besal. v v 3 hours treking from Besal to Dudipat Sar PTDC Data Foreign visitors in 2001: 6780 Foreign visitors in 2009: 1460

Dudipat-Sar

Dudipat-Sar

Haramosh Lake
v This lake is a mountain wonderland. v v v v It is at a height of 3300m. v v 5 hours drive from Gilgit to Dasu v 20 hours treking from Dasu to Haramosh lake. It is surrounded by 6 mountains of height more than 5000m.

Haramosh Lake
v Months to visit: May to September PTDC Data Foreign visitors in 2001 4320 Foreign visitors in 2009 660

Haramosh Lake

Keenjhar Lake
v v v v v It plays a substantial ecological role as more than 3,40,000 water-birds, migrating from Russia, Siberia and Magnolia stay here for the winter. Keenjhar Lake is the 2nd largest freshwater lake in Pakistan and 5th largest in Asia. Kalri Lake predominantly called as Keenjhar Lake is located in Thattha, Sindh, Pakistan.

Keenjhar Lake
Noori of Sindhi legendary story Noori Jam Tamachi is burried in the middle ok lake. Every year, hundreds of devotees visit the shrine. PTDC Data Foreign visitors in 2001 1400 Foreign visitors in 2009 1100 Shrine of Noori

Keenjhar Lake

Keenjhar Lake

Ratti Gali Lake

v Ratti Gali Lake is near Ratti Gali Pass which connects Neelum valley to Kaghan Valley.

v It is at a height of 4140 m. v 12 hours drive from Muzaffar Abad to Dowrian village. v 5 hours treking from Dowrian to Ratti Gali Lake. v Ideal months to visit : June, July, August

Ratti Gali Lake

Ratti Gali Lake

Ratti Gali Lake

Rush Lake
v v It is worlds 20th and Pakistans highest lake situated in Nagar Valley near Hunza. v v v v It is at height of 5098 m. v v It is surrounded by Rush Pari Peak , Raka-poshi and Golden Peak. This lake attracts the highest number of foreign visitors in Pakistan.

Rush Lake
v 3 hours drive from Hunza to Nagar village. v v 18 hours trekking from Nagar village to Rush lake.

PTDC Data Foreign visitors in 2001: 24800 Foreign visitors in 2009: 15280

Rush Lake

Rush Lake

Lake Saiful Muluk

v v v It attracts more tourists than any other lake of Pakistan. v v It is at a height of 3260m. v 30 minutes drive from Naran to Lake Saiful Muluk . v 150 minutes trekking from Naran Lake Saiful Muluk. v It is accessible all over the year. Pakistans most famous lake Lake Saiful Muluk is located at the northern end of the Kaghan Valley near Naran.

Lake Saiful Muluk Saiful Muluk is also known as Fairies Lake.

A fairy tale called Saiful Muluk, is associated with the lake. It is the story of prince of Persia who fell in love with a fairy princess at the lake. The impact of the lake beauty is of such extent that people believe that fairies come down to lake in full moon. PTDC Data Foreign visitors in 2001: 18660 Foreign visitors in 2009: 7600

Saiful Muluk

Saral Lake
v It is a mesmerizing lake at a height of 3600m in Shounter Valley, Azad Kashmir.

v 6 hours drive from Naran to Babu-sar village. v Almost 8 hours trekking from Babu-sar village. v It is called as The Lake of Dreams. v The trek to Lake presents a spectacular view of Nanga Parbat and Malika Parbat. v Ideal months to visit: From June to September. v

Saral Lake

Saral Lake

Sheosar Lake
v Sheosar Lake is situated in Deosai Plains near Sakardu and Astore. The lake is at an elevation of 4,142 m (13,589 feet). v v If you travel from Astore towards deosai it will be your first stop on deosai plains. v v Deosai means Land of Giant. Deosai Plains are the 2nd highest plateaus in the world. Sheosar is accessible from Skardu in the north and the Astore Valley in the west.

Sheosar Lake
Deosai is well known for its spring season when it is covered by a carpet of millions of flowers and a wide variety of butterflies. However, plains are snow-bound from October to May. PTDC Data Foreign visitors in 2001: 16900 Foreign visitors in 2009: 12460

Sheosar Lake

Sheosar Lake

Sheosar Lake

Siri Paya Lake

v Siri Paya Lake is situated near Shogran in the Kaghan Valley in Pakistan. It is situated at the height of almost 3,000 m (10,000 feet). It is surrounded by Makra Peak, Malka Parbat, Moosa da Musalla and the mountains of Kashmir. The lake is accessible via Kiwai passing through Shogran through a jeep track.

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v A stamp has been issued on this lake. PTDC Data Foreign visitors in 2001: 11450 Foreign visitors in 2009: 2400

Siri-Paya Lake

Siri-Paya Lake

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