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The only salt lakes of India is ________.
  1. Wular-Dal.
  2. Luni-Mahi.
  3. Krishna-Kaveri.
  4. Chilka-Sambhar.

A
Luni-Mahi.
B
Wular-Dal.
C
Krishna-Kaveri.
D
Chilka-Sambhar.
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The correct option is D Chilka-Sambhar.
  • The Sambhar Salt Lake, India's largest inland salt lake, a bowl shape lake encircles historical Sambhar Lake Town located 96 km south west of the city of Jaipur .
  • It is understandable that coastal lakes like Chilika and Kilivili are salty as they receive salty water from the oceans, but sambhar lake is an inland lake receiving most of its water from south-west monsoon.
  • The water is fed to the lake from the rivers Mendha, Runpangarh, Khandel and Karian.
  • As it is endorheic (has no outlet besides evaporation), it has very high salinity, far saltier than seawater, and its mineral content is constantly increasing.
  • It is India's largest saline lake and is the source of most of Rajasthan's salt production.
  • Sambhar Salt Lake is India`s largest salt lake and is located 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.
  • Chilka Lake (also Chilika Lake) is a brackish water coastal lake in India's Orissa state, south of the mouth of the Mantei River. It is the largest coastal lake in India.

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