
Maun Mela fishing festival and traffic near twin bridges in Uttarakhand
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Maun Mela, a traditional community fishing festival held along the Aglar River in the Tehri Garhwal region of Uttarakhand, India.
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A Greater Flamingo flock at Shakambari Jheel, Sambhar Lake Rajasthan: India's largest inland salt lake, feeding in the salty brackish saline waters. Many of the birds are immature first year ones. The Sambhar Salt Lake, India's largest inland salt lake, is located in Sambhar Lake Town, Jaipur district of Rajasthan, India, 80 km (50 mi) southwest of the city of Jaipur and 64 km (40 mi) northeast of Ajmer, Rajasthan. It surrounds the historical Sambhar Lake Town. Sambhar Salt Lake - Wikipedia The lake receives water from six rivers: Mantha, Rupangarh, Khari, Khandela, Medtha and Samod. Lake has 5700 square km catchment area.[2] The lake is an extensive saline wetland, with water depth fluctuating from as few as 60 centimetres (24 in) during the dry season to about 3 meters (10 ft) at the end
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