Major Waterfalls in India

• There are many major waterfalls and lakes in India

Major Waterfalls of India

• Kunchikal Falls is the highest waterfall in India at 455 meters, located on the Varahi River in Karnataka
• Jog/Garsoppa/Mahatma Gandhi Falls is 253 meters high, located on the Sharavathi River in Karnataka
• Shivanasamudra Falls is 90 meters high and is located on the Kaveri River in Karnataka
• Gautamdhara/Jonha Falls is 85 meters high, located on the Raru River in Jharkhand
• Hundru Falls is 74 meters high, located on the Subarnrekha River in Jharkhand
• Sadni Falls is 61 meters high, located on the Sankh River in Jharkhand
• Gokak Falls is 55 meters high, located on the Ghataprabha River in Karnataka
• Dassam Falls is 40 meters high, located on the Kanchi River in Jharkhand
• Pykara Falls is located on the Pykara River in Tamil Nadu
• Kakolat Falls is 24 meters high, located on the Kakolat River in Bihar
• Chulia Falls is 18 meters high, located on the Chambal River in Rajasthan
• Punasa Falls is 10 meters high, located on the Chambal River in Rajasthan
• Dhuandhar Falls is 30 meters high, located on the Narmada River in Madhya Pradesh

Major Lakes of India

• Vembanad Lake is the largest lake in India, located in Kerala with Wellington Island where boat races occur
• Ashtamudi Lake is the most visited black water lake in Kerala, located in the Kollam district, and known as Ashtamudi Kayal
• Lonar Lake is a crater lake in Maharashtra, formed by a meteorite
• Hussain Sagar Lake is in Telangana, between Hyderabad and Secunderabad, providing transportation
• Cholamu Lake is in Sikkim, also called Tso Lhamo Lake, and is the highest lake in India at 18,000 feet where the Tista River originates
• Renuka Lake is in Himachal Pradesh, 672 meters above sea level in the Sirmaur district, and is the largest lake in Himachal Pradesh with a 3214 m circumference
• Roopkund is a high altitude glacial lake in Uttarakhand, in the lap of Trishul Massif, known as Mystery and Skeleton's lake
• Sasthamkotta Lake is in Kerala, categorized as a wetland and is the largest fresh water lake in Kerala, designated as a Wetland of international importance under the Ramsar Convention since November 2002
• Tawa Reservoir is in Madhya Pradesh, located in Hoshangabad district, and was formed by the construction of the Tawa Dam, which began in 1958 and completed in 1978
• Lake Tsomgo/Tsongmo/Changu is a glacial lake in east Sikkim, at an elevation of 3753 m (12,313 ft.), and remains frozen in winter
• Bhimtal Lake is in Uttarakhand, located in Nainital, dam built in 1883 creating the storage facility, the largest lake in Kumaon region, known as the 'Lake district of India'
• Chembarambakkam Lake is in Tamil Nadu, one of two rain-fed reservoirs supplying water to Chennai, where the Adyar River originates
• Sala Lake is a high altitude lake (13,900 ft. approx) in Arunachal Pradesh
• Badkhal Lake in Haryana is a natural lake near Badkhal village (Faridabad), fringed by the Arawali Range
• Kaliveli Lake is a coastal lake and lagoon with wetlands in the Viluppuram district of Tamil Nadu
• Wular Lake in Jammu & Kashmir is an ox-bow lake on the Jhelum River where the Tulbul project is located, and the largest fresh water lake in India
• Dal Lake in Jammu & Kashmir is known as the "Jewel in the crown of Kashmir"
• Sambhar Lake in Rajasthan is India's largest inland salt lake
• Dhebar Lake in Rajasthan is Asia's second largest artificial lake, also called Jaisamand Lake
• Rana Pratap Sagar and Jawahar Sagar are man-made lakes on the Chambal River in Rajasthan
• Gandhi Sagar is a man-made lake on the Chambal River in Madhya Pradesh
• Ukai is a man-made lake on the Tapi River in Gujarat
• Govind Sagar Lake in Himachal Pradesh is formed behind the Bhakhra Nangal Dam
• Nagarjun Sagar, across Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, as well as Nizam Sagar (Telangana), are man-made lakes
• Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar in Chhattisgarh and Uttar Pradesh is formed on the Rihand River, a tributary of the Son River
• Loktak Lake in Manipur is the largest fresh water lake in North East India, featuring Keibul Lamjao National Park, the only floating island lake, also known as the lifeline of Manipur
• Chilika Lake in Odisha is a large salt water lagoon lake in India
• Kolleru Lake in Andhra Pradesh is a large lagoon in the deltaic region
• Pulicat Lake, located in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, is a lagoon lake with Sriharikota island, home to the Satish Dhawan Satellite launch Centre