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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Infobox lake<br />
| name = Lower Lake<br />
| image = Lower Lake Bhopal.jpg<br />
| alt = Children kayaking on the Lower Lake<br />
| caption = Children kayaking on the Lower Lake<br />
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| pushpin_map = India Madhya Pradesh#India<br />
| pushpin_map_alt = Location of Bhopal's Lower Lake<br />
| pushpin_map_caption= Location of Bhopal's Lower Lake<br />
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| location = [[Bhopal]], Madhya Pradesh, India<br />
| coords = {{coord|23|16|0|N|77|25|0|E|region:IN-MP_type:waterbody|display =inline,title}}<br />
| lake_type =<br />
| inflow = Seepage from [[Upper Lake, Bhopal|Upper Lake]] and drainage from 28 sewage-filled nullahs<br />
| outflow = [[Halali River]] via Patra Drain<br />
| catchment = {{convert|9.6|km2|abbr=on}}<br />
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| date-built = 1794<br />
| date-flooded =<br />
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| area = {{convert|1.29|km2|abbr=on}} (2011)<br />
| depth = {{convert|6.2|m|ft|abbr=on}}<br />
| max-depth = {{convert|10.7|m|ft|abbr=on}}<br />
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| reference = International Lake Environment Committee<ref name="ILEC_Lower">{{cite web | url = http://www.ilec.or.jp/database/asi/asi-47.html | title = Lower Lake | publisher = International Lake Environment Committee | accessdate = 2011-10-28 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120107141201/http://www.ilec.or.jp/database/asi/asi-47.html | archive-date = 2012-01-07 | url-status = dead }}</ref><br />
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The '''Lower Lake''' or '''Chhota Talaab''' is a [[lake]] in [[Bhopal]], the capital of [[Madhya Pradesh]] state of [[India]]. Along with the [[Bhojtal|Upper Lake]], it forms the [[Bhoj Wetland]].<br />
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== History ==<br />
{{Location map<br />
|India Bhopal<br />
|label = Lower Lake<br />
|position = left<br />
|lat = 23.2501<br />
|long = 77.406149<br />
|caption = Location of Lower Lake in Bhopal<br />
|width = 220<br />
}}<br />
The lake was built by creating in 1794 to beautify the city. The construction was commissioned by Chote Khan, a minister of [[Nawab of Bhopal|Nawab]] Hayat Muhammad Khan Bahadur.<ref name="bhopal_nic_interest"/> A number of earlier wells were merged in this lake.<br />
The lower lake is beside a bridge named 'Pul Pukhta'. The lower lake has also been mentioned as "Pukhta-Pul Talao" in literature.<ref>{{cite book | title = Historical Geography of Madhya Pradesh from Early Records | author = Pranab Kumar Bhattacharyya | publisher = [[Motilal Banarsidass]] | year = 1977 | isbn = 978-0-8426-9091-1 | page = 275 }}</ref><br />
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== Geography ==<br />
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The Lower Lake is located to the east of the Upper Lake. An earthen dam separates the two lakes. The two lakes are built in a terraced manner, the lowest level of the Upper Lake is just below the highest level of the Lower Lake.<br />
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The Lower Lake has an area (water spread) of 1.29&nbsp;, and its catchment area is 9.6&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>. The lake receives subsurface seepage from the Upper Lake. In the 1850s, the maximum and minimum depths of the lake were 11.7 m and 6.16 m respectively.<ref name="bhopal_nic_interest">{{cite web | url = http://bhopal.nic.in/interest.htm#Bk9 | title = Places of Interest in Bhopal | publisher = Collectorate, Bhopal | accessdate = 2011-10-28 }}</ref> As of 2011, the maximum depth was 10.7m.<br />
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The Lower Lake does not have any [[fresh water]] source; it receives seepage water from the [[Upper Lake, Bhopal|Upper Lake]] and drainage from 28 sewage-filled [[nullah]]s.<ref name="PrashantSK_planning">{{cite book | author = Prashant S. Khirwadkar | chapter = Lake front planning for a sustainable lake | title = New trends in water and environmental engineering for safety and life |editor1=Ugo Maione |editor2=Beatrice Majone Lehto |editor3=Rossella Monti | edition = illustrated | publisher = Taylor & Francis | year = 2000 | isbn = 978-90-5809-138-3 }}</ref> It drains into the Patra rivulet, which joins [[Halali River]], a small tributary of the [[Betwa River]].<br />
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== Pollution ==<br />
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The Lower Lake suffers from pollution due to drainage from sewage-filled nullahs, lack of fresh water source and [[dhobi|commercial washing]] of clothes. The entire lake is [[eutrophication|eutrophic]], and its water is not suitable for drinking.<ref name="PrashantSK_planning"/><br />
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== References ==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://wikimapia.org/1785337/CHHOTA-TALAB-The-Lower-Lake Lower Lake (Chhota Talab)] at [[wikimapia]]<br />
{{City of Bhopal}}<br />
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[[Category:Lakes of Madhya Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Bhopal]]<br />
[[Category:1794 establishments in India]]<br />
[[Category:Geography of Bhopal]]</div>->MPGuy2824