Miscellany: Important facts about India (Part-1) Longest, Largest, Tallest, Smallest in India (Dam, Lakes and Water Bodies)

LONGEST:

Dam, Lakes and Water Bodies

Canal

Indira Gandhi Canal, Rajasthan (Source Harike barrage, Punjab).

Beach

Marina Beach (Chennai)

Glacier

Siachen Glacier, Ladakh, J&K

Dam

Hirakud Dam on Mahanadi River, Odisha

Man-made lake

Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar (Rihand Dam) U. P

lake

Vembanad lake, Kerala

Tallest (Highest)

Lake and Tower

Lake

Tso-Lhamo Lake, Sikkim

Tower

Pitampura Tower, Delhi

LARGEST

Dam, Lakes and Water Bodies

Lake

Wular lake, J&K

Brackish(Partial Saline) water lake

Chilika Lake, Odisha

Artificial Fresh water lake

Shivaji sagar lake on Koyna Dam, Maharashtra.

Salt water lake

Sambhar lake, Rajasthan

Fresh water lake

Wular lake, J&K.

Barrage

Farakka Barrage, Ganga