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Wular Lake | wetland, Ramsar site

India / Jammu and Kashmir / Hajan /
 lake, wetland, Ramsar site

Wular Lake (also spelt Wullar) is a large fresh water lake in Bandipore district in the state of Jammu and Kashmir. The lake basin was formed as a result of tectonic activity and is fed by the Jhelum River. The lake's size varies from 12 to 100 square miles (30 to 260 square kilometers), depending on the season.

The outline shows the clear water lake area and marshy land. The marshy land is the result of government negligence and greed of people. Wular is dying like Dal Lake of Srinagar. People are filling it and using it for their own purposes. Time in not far when Wular lake will be a complete marshy land like Anchar lake of Soura Srinagar.
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Coordinates:   34°21'9"N   74°35'24"E

Comments

  • Ghulam-e-Mustafa (guest)
    13kmx3kms wide
  • qayoom
    time to save the wular lake...please stop filling it and using it for agricultural porposes.
  • akhil999in
    Better sell the Wular Lake to some large companies for maintaining. These companies can be paid out of public money, but should be allowed to take profits from increased tourism.
  • jatayu
    checkout for triangle polygons and other nonsense in the middle of the lake made by map abusers, they are everywhere.. pull out the sword for them while browsing these nature beauty in Wikimapia !
  • ALEEMNADIHAL (guest)
    "WULLAR" ASIA'S GREAT FRESH WATER LAKE. THE FAMOUS FOR WULLAR IS: MECHELY,NADROO ETC.ZAIN-UL-AABDIN LANK IS ALSO POPULAR IN THIS LAKE......
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