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The lakes of the Kashmir Valley are generally shallow and situated in the flood plain of the river Jhelum. Thermal stratification is fairly uncommon, and stable stratification occurs in deeper lakes (12 metres, Manasbal lake). The waters are mostly low in dissolved solids, medium hard and slight to highly alkaline.
The eutrophic typology of the lakes has been developed by using various physico-chemical and biological parameters. Greater habitational influence and tourist traffic seems to be a major factor contributing towards higher trophic levels of these lakes. Certain methods for conservation of these lakes have been suggested.
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Cold Water Fisheries Research Unit of the Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute (I.C.A.R.), Harwan-Kashmir, India
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Vass, K.K. On the trophic status and conservation of Kashmir Lakes. Hydrobiologia 68, 9–15 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00009058
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