Lakes of Nepal

Flowing with All Their Beauty

There are number of lakes and tanks of glacial and tectonic origin in Nepal. Mountain lakes like Rara, Phoksundo, Phewa etc., are majestic in extent and beauty.

Rara in Mugu district of western Nepal is the country  largest lake. Phewa at Pokhara is another equally famous lake. Phoksundo in Dolpa Distric is yet another big lake but is less well known than Phewa Lake due to its difficult approach. Rupa tal and Begnas tal (Pokhara), Gaduwal tal (Chitwan), Satyavati Tal (Palpa), Khaptad tal (Doti), Barhakunetal (Dang), Surma Sarobar (Bajhang) and Tilicho tal (Manang) are some of Nepals other well-known lakes.

Gosainkunda and other lakes in the Langtang Himal region are of religious significance.

Nepal Major Lakes.  

Lake	Category	Location	Water Surface
Rara Tal	Mountain Lake	Mugu District	1000
Phewa Tal	Mid-hill lake	Pokhara	523
Gosainkunda Tal	Mountain lake	Himal region
Pokshundo Tal	Mountain lake	Dopla District	180

Other Popular Lakes.  

Mid-hill Lakes.	Low Land Lakes.
Begnas Tal	Rupia Tal
Maidee Tal	Halkhoria Tal
Khaste Tal	Beesh Hazar Tal
Deepang Tal	Gaindhawa Tal
Syarpu Tal	Budhi Tal
Rupa Tal	Sakhunia Tal
Rokum Tal	Badhaiya Tal
Mahadev Tal	Nakhrodi Tal
Kailali	Gadhbhijala Tal