Wetlands Atlas - Ministry of Environment and Forests

9.3 Jaisamund Lake
Name
Location
Area
Wetland Type
Climate
Description
Fauna
Turbidity
Jaisamund Lake
27°28'45” to 27°30'24” N Latitude and
76°32'36” to 76°35'19” E Longitude
512 ha.
Lake/Pond
Average annual rainfall of about 62.67cm. Summer season is very hot and winter is very cold.
There is drastic reduction in water storage capacity of lake during summer as it is the source of
irrigation .
The catchment area is about 1127 sq.km, almost all of which extends towards northwest and
northeast. Its source of water is from five rivers, the principal being river Gomti and others are small
and seasonal. The maximum length and breadth of the are 13.68 and 8.05 km respectively.
A total of 22 species included Catla catla, Channa maruliis, C. punctatus, C. striatus, Cirrhina
mrigala, C. reba, Heteropneustes fossilis, L. qonius, L. rohita, Labeo bata, L. boqut L, calbasu, L.
fimbriatus, mastacembelus armatus, Mystus aor, M. cavasius, M. seenghala, Notopterus, Ompok
pabda, Puntius sarana, Tor tor, Wallago attu.
The lake is possibly of considerable importance for migratory waterfowl and the greater flamingo
(Phoenicopterus ruber) is known to occur. Gole recorded small numbers of herons, ducks,gulls and
terns.
Low
Post monsoon data (2006) Pre monsoon data (2007)
Plate 9: Jaisamund Lake
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