Wednesday, 24 August 2011

Lower Kachura Lake


Elevation
                                         2500 Meter, 8200 Feet


Location
                                                           Skardu District Gilgit Baltistan


Description
                                              The lake is also known as Shangrila lake and is located at a drive of about 20 minutes from Skardu town. Shangrila was named after a book titled Lost Horizon by James Hilton. Shangri-la is a Chinese word meaning ''Heaven on Earth ''                         

Shangrila lake


Elevation
                                         2500 Meter, 8200 Feet


Location
                                                           Skardu District Gilgit Baltistan


Description
                                              The lake is also known as Shangrila lake and is located at a drive of about 20 minutes from Skardu town. Shangrila was named after a book titled Lost Horizon by James Hilton. Shangri-la is a Chinese word meaning ''Heaven on Earth ''                         

Tuesday, 23 August 2011

Kundol Lake


Elevation
                                          2,773 Meters,9,000 feet


Location
                              Sawat Valley, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.


Description
                              This Lake is often confused with Mahodand Lake.

Monday, 22 August 2011

Khabikki Lake


Elevation
                                       0 Meter


Location
                                  Salt Range, Punjab


Description
                                      It is a salt water lake located in the Southern Salt Range. The lake is named after a nearby village, Khabikki.

Keenjhar Lake


Elevation
                                       21 Meters, 69 Feet

Location
                                   Thatta, Sindh


Description
                          The lake is also called Kalri Lake and is one of the largest freshwater lakes in Pakistan. The Sindhi legend Noori Jam Tamachi took place around the lake, and to this day there is a shrine in the middle of the lake Marking Noor,s grave. 

Karambar Lake


Elevation
                                          4272 Meters, 14,012 Feet


Location
                                  Ishkoman Valley, Gilgitbaltistan.


Description
                                      Karambar Lake is the 31st highest lake in the world. The approximate length of the lake is 3.9 Km, width is 2 Km and average depth is 52 Meters

Kallar Kahar Lake


Elevation
                                        0 Meter


Location
                                   Chakwal District, Punjab


Description
                  The salt water lake is located near salt range in District Chakwal, 125 Km from Islamabad.

Hanna Lake


Elevation
                                     1898 Meters,6227 Feet


Location
                                           Quetta,Balochistan

Description
                             Hanna lake is located 10 Km from Quetta, near Urak valley in Balochistan.

Haleji Lake


Elevation
                                           27 Feet


Location
                                     Thatta, Sindh


Description
                The lake is located at about 70Km from Karachi and is the largest water fowl reserve in Asia

Sunday, 21 August 2011

Hadero Lake

Elevation
                                        123 Feet


Location
                                         Thatta District Sindh


Description
                                          Hadero is a brackish water lake in Sindh. The lake was declared Wild life sanctuary in 1977. The lake has a surface area of 1321 hectares.

Dudipatsar Lake


Elevation
                                       3800 Meters,12467 Feet


Location
                                Kaghan Valley, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.


Description
                                        The lake lies in the extreme North of  Kaghan Valley at a Hieght of 3800 Meters. The term dudi in Urdu means white and sar mean lake.

Chitta Katha Lake


Elevation
                             3962 Meters,13,000 Feet


Location
                              Shonter Valley, Azad Kashmir.


Description
                                  Chitta Katha Lake is located in Shonter Valley in Azad Kashmir.

Borith Lake


Elevation
                                               2600 meter,8500 feet


Location
                                 Hunza-Gilgit Baltistan


Description
                                 Borith  Lake is a saline water lake, located to the Northwest of Hussaini, a village near Gulmit Gojal, in the upper Hunza.

Banjosa Lake

Elevation
                                   1981 Meters 

Location
                                    Poonch District, Azad Kashmir


Description
                           Banjosa is a small man-made lake and a tourist attraction near the city of     Rawalakot in District Bagh in Azad Kashmir.

Baghsar Lake


Elevation
                             975 Meters

Location
                             Samahni Valley Bhimber District


Description
                             The lake is nearly half a kilometer long and overlooks the Band-ala Valley.

Ansoo Lake

Elevation           

                                            4,126 Meters

Location            
                          Kaghan Valley,Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Description


                           Ansoo Lake is a high altitude lake elevation 4126 meters located in the Kaghan Valley in Mansehra District of North-West Frontier Province. It is near Malika Parbat in the Himalayan range. The name of the lake comes from its tear like shape the urdu word ansoo mean tear drop.