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Chilika Lake

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Encyclopedia of Lakes and Reservoirs

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Introduction

Geological evidences indicate that the Chilika Lake was part of the Bay of Bengal during the later stages of the Pleistocene period (Pascoe, 1964). Abrupt changes in the morphology of the coast along north of the lake; strong winds shifting sand to the shore; longshore drift (littoral drift) and the presence or absence of strong river and tidal currents in different areas are the reasons attributed to the growth of the spit. A 60-km (37 miles)-long barrier beach called Rajhansa, formed by northerly currents in the Bay of Bengal, resulted in the formation of this shallow lake and forms its eastern side. It is a shallow brackish-water inshore lake, connected to the Bay of Bengal through a narrow mouth. Chilika Lake is bordered between the sea and mountains. Formation of a barrier spit near Palur due to littoral drift and creation of a sand bar along the eastern shore have transformed the lake gradually to a shallow lagoon. Presently, the sea is connected with the lake near...

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  1. Department of Marine Science, Calcutta University, 35 Ballygunge Circular Road, 700019, Kolkata, India

    Santosh Kumar Sarkar & Asok Kumar Bhattacharya

  2. NER Petrology Divison, Geological Survey of India, Kumund Villa Complex, Nongrim Hills, 793003, Shillong, Meghalaya, India

    Aparajita Bhattacharya

  3. Environmental & Safety Division, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR), 603102, Kalpakkam, TN, India

    Dr. Kamala Kanta Satpathy & Ajit Kumar Mohanty

  4. Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå Marina Forskningscentrum, Umea University, 91020, Norrbyn, Hörnefors, Sweden

    Satya Panigrahi

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Sarkar, S.K., Bhattacharya, A., Bhattacharya, A.K., Satpathy, K.K., Mohanty, A.K., Panigrahi, S. (2012). Chilika Lake. In: Bengtsson, L., Herschy, R.W., Fairbridge, R.W. (eds) Encyclopedia of Lakes and Reservoirs. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-4410-6_57

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