Rara Lake
Sign in to savelake in Mugu District, Nepal
Key facts
- Location
- Mugu District , Karnali Province
- Type
- fresh water
- Part of
- Rara National Park
- Primary inflows
- small rivulets
- Primary outflows
- Nijar River
- Basin countries
- Nepal
- Max length
- 5.1 km (3.2 mi)
- Max width
- 2.7 km (1.7 mi)
- Surface area
- 10.61 km (4.10 sq mi)
- Average depth
- 100 m (330 ft)
- Max depth
- 167 m (548 ft)
- Water volume
- 1.07 km (0.26 cu mi)
- Shore length
- 14 km (8.7 mi)
- Surface elevation
- 2,990 m (9,810 ft)
- Frozen
- December–March
- Website
- https://dnpwc.gov.np/en/conservation-area-detail/73
- Designated
- 23 September 2007
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- lake
- Country
- Nepal
- Located in
- Mugu District
- Area
- 10.8
- Elevation
- 2990
- Image
- Rara lake, Murma top.jpg
- Width
- 2.7
- Length
- 5.1
- Perimeter
- 14.3
Show 5 more facts
- located in protected area
- Rara National Park
- Commons category
- Rara Lake
- vertical depth
- 167
- volume as quantity
- 1000
- basin country
- Nepal
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
Rara Lake is the largest fresh water lake in the Nepalese Himalayas. It is the main feature of Rara National Park, located in Jumla and Mugu Districts of Karnali Province. Rara National Park stretches over 106 km (41 sq mi).
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rara Lake” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.