Tarsar Lake information

Tarsar Lake
Tarsar Lake
	Tarsar Lake Tarsar Lake
Location	Tral-Aru belt, Jammu and Kashmir
Coordinates	34°8′24″N 75°8′53″E / 34.14000°N 75.14806°E
Type	oligotrophic lake
Primary inflows	Snowmelt
Primary outflows	Lidder River
Basin countries	India
Max. length	2 kilometres (1.2 mi)
Max. width	0.8 kilometres (0.50 mi)
Surface area	2 km2 (0.77 sq mi)
Surface elevation	3,795 metres (12,451 ft)
Frozen	December to March

The Tarsar Lake or Tar Sar is an almond-shaped, oligotrophic alpine lake situated in the Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir, India. On its west side lies Dachigam National Park, and on its south side lies Tral. The shortest route for reaching it, is from Surfraw Ganderbal, but it has a difficult terrain. Other trek routes to the lake are from Lidderwat and Nagaberan forest areas which fall in south Kashmir.^[1]^[2]

^ Dr Shiv Sharma (2008). India—A Travel Guide. Diamond Pocket Books (P) Ltd. pp. 209–. ISBN 9788128400674.
^ Parmanand Parashar (2004). Kashmir The Paradise Of Asia. Sarup & Sons, 2004. p. 97. ISBN 9788176255189. Retrieved 17 December 2012.

[Tarsar_lake_almond_shaped-1] Dr Shiv Sharma (2008). India—A Travel Guide. Diamond Pocket Books (P) Ltd. pp. 209–. ISBN 9788128400674.

[Tarsar_near_kolhoi-2] Parmanand Parashar (2004). Kashmir The Paradise Of Asia. Sarup & Sons, 2004. p. 97. ISBN 9788176255189. Retrieved 17 December 2012.

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Location	Tral-Aru belt, Jammu and Kashmir
Coordinates	34°8′24″N 75°8′53″E / 34.14000°N 75.14806°E / 34.14000; 75.14806
Type	oligotrophic lake
Primary inflows	Snowmelt
Primary outflows	Lidder River
Basin countries	India

Max. length	2 kilometres (1.2 mi)
Max. width	0.8 kilometres (0.50 mi)
Surface area	2 km² (0.77 sq mi)
Surface elevation	3,795 metres (12,451 ft)

Frozen	December to March