Keenjhar Lake

Keenjhar Lake

Infobox lake
lake_name = Kalri Lake
image_lake = Keenjhar Lake Thatta.jpg
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location = Thatta, Sindh
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Kalri Lake (Urdu: کلری جھیل) predominantly called asKeenjhar 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.

ee also

*Indus Basin Project

External links

* [http://www.kalrilake.com/ Kalri Lake Water Sports Project - Official site]


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