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| name = Khanpursar<br />
| image = Kanpursar.jpg<br />
| caption = Khanpursar Lake<br />
| alt = View of Khanpursar Lake<br />
| image_size = 250<br />
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| location = [[Khanpur Ganderbal|Khanpur]], [[Ganderbal District|Ganderbal]], [[Jammu_and_Kashmir_(union_territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]<br />
| coords = {{Coord|34|12|22|N|74|40|33|E|region:IN-ID_type:waterbody|display=inline,title}}<br />
| type = [[Holomictic lake]] <br />
| inflow = Ephemeral channels<br />
| outflow = [[Jehlum River]]<br />
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| length = {{convert|0.28|mi|abbr=on}}<br />
| width = {{convert|.19|mi|abbr=on}}<br />
| area = {{convert|16.8|acre|sqmi km2|1|abbr=on}}<br />
| depth = {{convert|13|ft|abbr=on}}<br />
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| elevation = {{convert|5184|ft|abbr=on}}<br />
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| reference = <ref name=khan>{{Cite book|last=M.A. Khan|first=Prof.|title=Environment, Biodiversity, and Conservation|publisher=Aph Publishing Corporation|year=2000|isbn=8176481645|pages=74–79}}</ref><ref name=khanpur/><br />
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'''Khanpursar''' is a shallow, [[Holomictic lake|non-mictic]] lake in the [[Ganderbal district]] of [[Jammu_and_Kashmir_(union_territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]] in India. It lies 24 km north-west of [[Srinagar]] city in the village of khanpur on the right bank of the [[Jehlum River]]. The famous [[Manasbal Lake]] lies 6 km in the north.<ref name=khan/><ref name=khanpur>{{Cite web|url=http://journal.library.iisc.ernet.in/index.php/iisc/article/download/480/496|title=PHYSICO-GEOGRAPHICAL AND MORPHOMETRIC FEATURES OF TWO SHALLOW HIMALAYAN LAKES|access-date=2020-10-08}}</ref><br />
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Khanpursar is fed by springs and a few ephemeral channels and outflows into [[Jehlum River]]. The lake is mostly an oval shaped lake with a length of 400 meters and breadth of 300 meters. It has a maximum depth of 4 meters. Willow plantations and paddy cultivations are a part of its catchment area. Khanpursar is surrounded by a few villages. Khanpur village lies on the eastern side, while as Batpora and Guzhom lie on the southern and north-western sides, respectively. The lake is an important source of fish and the lotus-stem (nadru).<ref name=khan/><ref>{{Cite book|title=Ichthyologica Volume 2, Issues 1-2|publisher=International Society of Ichthyology and Hydrobiology|year=1963|pages=105}}</ref><ref name=khanpur/>[[File:Khanpursar.jpg|thumb|right|Khanpursar Lake]]<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Nigeen Lake]]<br />
*[[Nundkol Lake]]<br />
*[[Manasbal Lake]]<br />
*[[Wular Lake]]<br />
*[[Gangbal Lake]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
{{Kashmir Valley}}<br />
{{Hydrography of Jammu and Kashmir}}<br />
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