Silsako Lake
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| Location | Guwahati, Kamrup Metropolitan district, Assam, India |
| Coordinates | 26°09′24.3″N 91°49′18.2″E / 26.156750°N 91.821722°E |
Silsako Lake (also known as Silsako Beel) is a wetland and lake located at the heart of the Guwahati city and surrounded by villages like Satgaon, Hengrabari and Mathgharia in Kamrup Metropolitan district of Assam. [1]Guwahati Water Bodies (Preservation and Conservation) Act-2008 has specifically notified the Silsako Lake in the Schedule I to IV along with other six wetlands of Guwahati.[2]
Etmyology
Silsako is the Assamese term for Stone Bridge. Beel means lake in Assamese language.
Area
Silsako lake is having a length of approx. 5 km and average width of 250 m. [1]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Action Plan for Silsako Beel" (PDF). Pollution Control Board Assam. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Govt move to preserve city wetlands". The Assam Tribune. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
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