Question
Download Solution PDFWhich one of the following is a crater lake in India ?
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is Lonar lake.
Key Points
- Lonar Lake
- It is also known as Lonar crater, is a notified National Geo-heritage Monument, saline (pH of 10.5), Soda Lake, located at Lonar in Buldhana district, Maharashtra. Hence, Option 1 is correct.
- It was created by an asteroid collision with earth impact during the Pleistocene Epoch.
- It is one of the four known, hyper-velocity, impact craters in basaltic rock anywhere on Earth.
- It sits inside the Deccan Plateau—a massive plain of volcanic basalt rock created by eruptions some 65 million years ago.
Additional Information
|
Type of Lake |
Formation |
Example |
|
Tectonic Lake |
Due to fractures and faults in the earth's crust. |
Pangong Tso Lake of Ladakh |
|
Crater Lake |
|
Lonar Lake of Maharashtra |
|
Glacial Lake |
These lakes are formed due to Glacial erosion. |
Gangabal Lake of Kashmir |
|
Landslide Lake |
Formed by landslides and rock-falls |
Gohna Lake of Garhwal |
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