Below is given names of a few lakes of India. Group those under two categories - natural and man-made. (a) Wular; (b) Dal, (c) Nainital, (d) Bhimtal (e) Gobind Sagar, (f) Loktak, (g) Barapani, (h) Chilka, (i) Sambhar, (j) Rana Pratap Sagar, (k) NizamSagar, (l) Pulicat, (m) Nagarjuna Saga (n) Hirakund.

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Natural Lakes: Wular, Dal, Loktak, Chilka, Barapani, Sambhar, Pulicat, Nainital Bhimtal.

Lakes created by Human-beings: Govind Sagar, Nagarjuna Sagar, Hirakund, Nizam Saga.

Apart from natural lakes, the damming of the rivers for the generation of hydel power has also led to the formation of lakes as Guru Gobind Sagar (Bhakra Nangal Project).