DHEBHAR LAKE: UPSC Daily Important Topic | 19 May 2023

DHEBHAR LAKE.

◇ Dhebar Lake (also known as Jaisamand Lake) is India’s first and world’s second oldest historical and largest artificial sweet water lake.

◇  It is located in the Udaipur District of Rajasthan State in western India.

◇  It is about 45.0 km from the district headquarters of Udaipur. When first built, it was the largest artificial lake in the world.

◇  The surrounding Jaisamand Wildlife Sanctuary around Dhebar Lake can be reached by the state highway to Banswara from Udaipur.

◇ It is about 17.0 km from Salumbar.

◇ Jaisamand Wildlife Sanctuary protects about 162.0 square kilometres, mostly teak forest, on the shores of Dhebar Lake.

◇ The lake has three islands measuring from 10 to 40 acres each.

◇ The Dhebar Lake Marble Dam is 300.0 m (984.3 ft) long and is a part of the “Heritage Monuments of India”.