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Lake Periyar (India)
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Lake Periyar is the site of a sunken forest, now dead tree stumps that once made up a living forest. Stumps and snags rise out of the water dramatically and tower over the lake’s surface in an almost menacing way.
The lake was formed when the Mullaperiyar Dam was built in 1895, flooding the thick forest and rough landscape in the area. The unique reservoir is part of a protected area serving as an elephant and tiger reserve. The total protected area is about 357 square miles (Lake Periyar measures just 10 square miles) and it was officially declared as the Periyar National Park in 1982
MagicColors / Getty Images
Lake Periyar is the site of a sunken forest, now dead tree stumps that once made up a living forest. Stumps and snags rise out of the water dramatically and tower over the lake’s surface in an almost menacing way.
The lake was formed when the Mullaperiyar Dam was built in 1895, flooding the thick forest and rough landscape in the area. The unique reservoir is part of a protected area serving as an elephant and tiger reserve. The total protected area is about 357 square miles (Lake Periyar measures just 10 square miles) and it was officially declared as the Periyar National Park in 1982
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30 March 2022
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