PK Mukherjee

A lake, precisely, is a body of water that is surrounded by land. There are innumerable lakes in the world, which are found on every continent and in every kind of environment — in mountains and deserts, on plains and near seashores. 

Lakes are formed in several ways; many of them form as a result of volcanoes. When a volcano becomes inactive, its crater may be filled with rainwater or melted snow. It may so happen that the top of a volcano gets blown off or collapses during an eruption, leaving a depression called a caldera, which may then later be filled by rainwater and become a lake. Crater Lake, in the US State of Oregon, which is one of the deepest lakes in the world, was created when ancient Mount Mazama’s volcanic cone collapsed.

Lakes may also be formed due to the impact of a meteor falling on the Earth. There are several examples of such lakes having formed in this manner. The Lunar Lake in our country, located at Lunar in the Buldhana district in Maharashtra, is an example of a lake of this kind, which was created by a crater formed as a result of a meteor impact…read more on NOPR