Fateh Sagar Lake
| Fateh Sagar Lake फ़तेह सागर झील |
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An evening view
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| Location | Udaipur, Rajasthan |
| Coordinates | 24°36′N 73°40′E / 24.6°N 73.67°ECoordinates: 24°36′N 73°40′E / 24.6°N 73.67°E |
| Type | reservoir, fresh water, polymictic |
| Catchment area | 54 km2 (21 sq mi) |
| Basin countries | India |
| Max. length | 2.4 km (1.5 mi) |
| Max. width | 1.6 km (0.99 mi) |
| Surface area | 4 km2 (1.5 sq mi) |
| Average depth | 5.4 m (18 ft) |
| Max. depth | 13.4 m (44 ft) |
| Water volume | 2.1×106 m3 (74×106 cu ft) |
| Shore length1 | 8.5 km (5.3 mi) |
| Surface elevation | 578 m (1,896 ft) |
| Islands | 3 (Nehru Park, Udaipur Observatory) |
| Settlements | Udaipur |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
Fateh Sagar Lake is situated in the city of Udaipur in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is an artificial lake named after Maharana Fateh Singh of Udaipur and Mewar, constructed north-west of Udaipur, to the north of Lake Pichola in the 1680s.
It is one of the four lakes of the Udaipur city; the other three being: the Lake Pichola (within the Udaipur town), Udai Sagar Lake, 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) to the east of Udaipur, and Dhebar Lake or Jaisamand Lake, 52 km (32 mi) south east of Udaipur.
Within the confines of the Fatah Sagar Lake, there are three small islands; the largest of these is the Nehru Park (4 km2 (1.5 sq mi) area), which is a popular tourist attraction, the second island (0.06 km2 or 15 acres area) houses a public park with an impressive water-jet fountain, and the third island (1.2 km2 area) is the address for the Udaipur Solar Observatory (USO). The Nehru park is accessible by inboard motor boats. The blue waters of the lake and the backdrop of the green mountains has given the soubriquet of ‘the second Kashmir’ to Udaipur .
Udaipur Lake Conservation Society’s reports indicate that the lake supports and sustains ground water recharge, drinking water, agricultural use, industrial use, ecological water availability and provides employment to 60% population of Udaipur.
In 1687, Maharana Jai Singh first constructed the lake but two hundred years later the earthen bund which formed the lake was washed away during floods, and thereafter Maharana Fatah Singh, in 1889, built the "Connaught Dam" on Lake Dewali to mark the visit of Duke of Connaught, son of Queen Victoria. The dam enlarged the lake, and it was later renamed, Fateh Sagar Lake.
The runoff emerging from surrounding hills drains into this lake. The lake is pear-shaped and is encircled by the Aravalli hills on three sides with a straight gravity stone masonry dam on the eastern side which has a spillway to discharge flood flows during the monsoon season.
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