Keenjhar Lake

Pakistan / Sind / Daro /
 lake, reservoir, nature conservation park / area
Thatta is home to beautiful lake called Keenjhar. Many people from the neighboring district of Karachi make weekend-trips to this aesthetic place.
Kalri Lake (Urdu: کلری جھیل) or Kinjhar Lake (Urdu: کینجھر جھیل) is located in Thatta, Sindh, Pakistan.
Kalri Lake is the largest freshwater lake in Pakistan. It plays a substantial ecological role in the functioning of the Indus River basin. It is extremely important for a wide variety of breeding, passage and wintering waterbirds. The mid-winter waterbird counts of the late 1980s averaged 140,000 birds per winter.
The Sindhi legend of 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. Everyday hundreds of devotees visit the shrine.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keenjhar_Lake
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Coordinates:   24°56'35"N   68°3'10"E

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  • Thatta is home to beautiful lake called Keenjhar. Many people from the neighboring district of Karachi make weekend-trips to this aesthetic place. Kalri Lake (Urdu: کلری جھیل) or Kinjhar Lake (Urdu: کینجھر جھیل) is located in Thatta, Sindh, Pakistan. Kalri Lake is the largest freshwater lake in Pakistan. It plays a substantial ecological role in the functioning of the Indus River basin. It is extremely important for a wide variety of breeding, passage and wintering waterbirds. The mid-winter waterbird counts of the late 1980s averaged 140,000 birds per winter. The Sindhi legend of 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. Everyday hundreds of devotees visit the shrine.
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