September 13, 2009

CHILKA LAKE ,orissa india

chilka lake is the highest salinity lake in india.

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  1. Sambhar Salt Lake, India's largest salt lake, sits 96 km south west of the city of Jaipur (Northwest India) and 64 km north east of Ajmer along the National highway 8 in Rajasthan.

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  2. the three largest salt lakes in the world are the Caspian Sea,[1] Aral Sea, and Lake Balkhash. The largest salt lake in the Western Hemisphere, the Great Salt Lake, is the fourth largest salt lake in the world.

    The salt lake with the highest elevation is Namtso, and the one with the lowest elevation is the Dead Sea, which is also the lowest exposed point on the Earth's surface.

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  3. The most well-known example of a hypersaline lake is the Dead Sea, dividing Israel and Jordan, at 8.6 times the salinity of ocean water, which is also the world's deepest hypersaline lake


    salt glaciers are also found in the Zagros Mountains of southern Iran.

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  4. Chilka Lake (Chilika Lake) is a brackish water lagoon, spread over the Puri, Khurda and Ganjam districts of Orissa state on the east coast of India, at the mouth of the Daya River, flowing into the Bay of Bengal. It is the largest coastal lagoon in India and the second largest lagoon in the World

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  5. IN CHILKA.......
    The southern part of the lake near Rambha has recorded the highest alkalinity

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  6. Salt Lake Stadium, world's second largest stadium located at Kolkata,India.

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