Lakes and Rivers in Pakistan
Pakistan is a place of several most beautiful lakes of the world. The Alpine lakes in the non-polar glaciers in Pakistan, are the most attractive tourist sites in the world. Tourists have an opportunity to perform hiking, trekking, and camping in exploring these splendid visiting places. Large number of tourists of the world visit Pakistan to explore the beauty of these lakes.
A lake is a small size area filled with water in the depressed area, basin, surrounded by land. It is normally apart from the river or outlet that serves as a source or drainage of the lake. Lakes are the most beautiful and charming place in the landscape and it attracts number of tourists to explore its beauty.
Lakes are also main source of drinking water and fishing. One can enjoy rafting, boating, and various water games in specific lakes.
Here, you explore different Lakes and Rivers in Pakistan with complete travel guides, location maps, and an inclusive collections of photo galleries of these Lakes and Rivers.
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Ansoo Lake
Ansoo Lake, the most beautiful lake, is situated in Kaghan Valley near Malika Parbat in Manoor Valley at an altitude of 13,940 feet. It is just like the teardrop shape, so named as - Ansoo -, means teardrop in English. It also looks like a human eye in shape.
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Attabad Lake
Attabad Lake, also known as Gojal Lake, is located in Gojal valley in Gilgit Baltistan at the distance of 122 km from Gilgit main city on Karakoram Highway. It was created accidentally in January 2010 by a massive landslide in Attabad village.
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Banjosa Lake
Banjosa Lake is located at the distance of 20 km from Rawalakot in Azad Kashmir. It is an artificial lake at an altitude of 6,499 feet within the lush green grassland, deep fine forest and mountains, which make it more charming and attractive in view.
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Borith Lake
Borith Lake is located in Borith village at an altitude of 8,530 feet, near Husseini village in Gojal Upper Hunza on the Karakorum Highway. The Passu Glacier is the main source of its water. It is a small, high-altitude saline reservoir of water above the Husseini village.
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Buji Koh Sapat Beach
The Sapat Beach is one the famous sandy beaches in Pakistan. It is situated on the Makran Coastal line at the distance of 780 km from Quetta in Balochistan in Lasbela district. Buji Koh is the isolated standing steep cliff in the tides of beach, rising from the coastal sand. Rocky structure stretches along the beach.
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Chitta Katha Lake
Chitta Katha Lake is situated in the Shounter valley in Sharda, Neelum Valley, Azad Kashmir at an altitude of 13,500 feet on the foot of Mount Hari Parbat. Lake can be accessed from Kel to Domel Bala by Jeep hired from Kel, and then trekking for 5km.
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Dames Lake
Dames or Damas Lake is located at the distance of 85km from Dera Ghazi Khan city on Younis Khosa Road in Fort Monroe in Koh-e-Sulaiman Range. It is also known as Fort Munro Lake. It is a beautiful lake surrounded by lush green terrains. It is a favorite visiting spot in summer due to its cool and pleasant atmosphere.
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Gattian Lake
Gattian Lake is located near Kaghan Valley in Neelum Valley, Azad Kasmir, at an altitude of 12,000 feet above sea level. The lake is at the distance of 2 km from Ratti Gali Lake on its backside mountain. It is alphine glacier lake, and the main source of water of this lake is from the glaciers on surrounding mountains.
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Ghamubar Lake
Ghamubar Lake is a fresh water glacier lake at the elevation of 8900 feet in Darkut. After crossing the bridge over the Darkut River, a thirty minutes trek leads toward the lake on the left side. It is formed due retreating of the Ghamubar Glacier due to climate change in the area. The most of the area of glacier is completely vanished and converted into a vast bed of rocks and pebbles that was once a part of the giant Ghamubar Glacier.
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Hanna Lake
Hanna Lake is one of the beautiful lakes in Quetta at the distance of 20km from Quetta Railway Station via Quetta Road, and turns left on Hanna Lake Road, near Urak Valley. Surrounding hills provide a bird\'s eye view of the Quetta city. Lake has a very pictureous view of greenish-blue color with the sandy brown color of the hills and plantation of a pine tree on lake end add the more in the beauty of the lake. A number of colorful and different kinds of birds can also be seen there.
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Jahlar Lake
Jahlar Lake is small but gives a very attractive, calm, and magical atmosphere. It is one of the most beautiful lakes in the Salt Range. Tourists can never ignore to admire its beauty, It is at a distance of 18km from Naushehra via Suraki village. Its water contains strong acidic elements due to there is no life in the lake, but even it is a living place for the number of migrating birds in the winter season.
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Jallo Park Lake
Jallo Park Lake is an ideal location for one day picnic to boating. Paddle boats and streamers are available there. Inside the lake, there is a beautiful garden with rose flowers and many others. A line of huge trees around it gives one of the memorable evenings with a cool breeze touching the waters of the lake.
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Kenhatti Waterfall
Kenhatti waterfall is a very charming place in Kenhatti Garden, which is easily accessed via 2 km trek in the garden. At the end of trek in Kenhatti Garden, a beautiful and fantastic waterfall is one of another attraction for tourist. They can enjoy the pleasant atmosphere around the small lake near waterfall and even take bathe but be careful as stones and rocks are slippery there. This waterfall and lake is part of the Gambhir River in this area.
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Khabbaki Lake
Khabbaki Lake is another very attractive lake near Khabbaki village on Naushehra-Jaba Road at the distance of 11km from Naushehra, the main town in the Soon Valley. There is a small passage descended down toward the lake from the main road, which leads toward the other side of the same road.
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Lake Saif-ul-Muluk
Saif-ul-Muluk is located in Naran, Kaghan Valley at a distance of 8km from Naran at an altitude of 10,578 feet. It is one of the main sources of the Kunhar River and also one of the highest lakes in Pakistan.
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Lasbela
Lasbela is a coastal district in Balochistan Province at the distance of 125 km from Karachi on the Karachi-Quetta Highway N-25. Lasbela is famous for its unique geographical structure of mountainous regions, largest national park in Pakistan, and the most beautiful beaches of the world.
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Lulusar Lake
Lulusar Lake is the main source of the Kunhar River at an elevation of 11,190 feet. Its name is due to the name of the surrounding group of peaks. It is famous for its natural beauty and scenic views, the reflection of Lulusar mountains in the lake becomes a real attraction for the tourists.
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Mahodand Lake
The Mahodand Lake is located in the Hindukush Range at the height of 9,400 feet, in Upper Ushu Valley in Swat. It is a beautiful and large-sized lake surrounded by meadows, mountains, and pine forests. The main sources of its water are glaciers in the Hindukush Range. It is located at the distance of 37 km from Kalam, a hill station in Swat.
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Manthokha Waterfall
Manthokha Waterfall is located in Kharmang Valley in Madupur village in Gilgit-Baltistan at a distance of 40 km from Skardu city. It is one of the highest waterfalls in Pakistan, with a height of 180 feet on the vertical granite cliff face on an elevation of 7,648 feet.
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Nammal Lake
The most of areas in central Punjab in Pakistan become totally dry in the months of the summer season due to a shortage of rain. As Punjab has a wonderful canal system to irrigate such lands, but still there is a wide area that needs water.
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Naz Bar Nala
Naz Bar Nala trek is a fantastic hikking trek toward Naz Bar Pass and Yarkun Valley in the Chitral district. It is a jeep trek along the Naz Bar Nala and gives you one of more pictureous beauty along the stream moving two rows of mountains. From Thawoos on Yasin Road, turn left for it. Few kilometers of the trek is metallic road, then it is a totally jeep trek, otherwise it takes four to five hours by foot.
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Phander Lake
Phander Lake is the largest and attractive lake in the Koh-i-Ghizer in Phander valley. It depicts charming colors which attract most of the tourists in Phander valley. It is also the main source of fresh water in Phander valley.
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Pir Ghaib Waterfall
It is a beautiful waterfall and a picnic point located at the distance of 90km from Quetta Railway Sation on Quetta Jacobabad Road in the barren terrain of the region. The water is coming down from the rocky mountain side-splitting into many streams and ponds, surrounded by the shady palm trees. It is a very beautiful spot for a one-day picnic within the sprinkling water of it. Pir Ghaib road is not constructed well, so four-wheeled transport is required from there, otherwise one can enjoy the trekking. The best time to visit the area is in winter, as there is too much high temperature in summer.
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Rama Lake
Rama Lake is located at on elevation of 11,506 feet in Chongra village in the Astore District at a distance of 122km from Gilgit city. It is one of the most beautiful lakes in Pakistan with the lush green pastures and snow-covered peaks around it.
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