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Chilka lake
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In August
2008 RC
Panigrahi,
professor at
the
Berhampur
University
shared that
ecology of
Chilka lake,
biggest
brackish
water lake
in Asia,
faces a
serious
threat due
to a
naturally
formed new
confluence
point with
the Bay of
Bengal.
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The lake is
famous for
Irrawadi
dolphins
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Chilka
Orissa
state, south
of the mouth
of the
Mantei
River.
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The area of
the lake
varies from
1165 kmē in
the monsoon
season to
906 kmē.
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The larger
islands lie
between the
sandbar and
the lake,
separated by
shallow
channels,
and include
Parikud,
Phulbari,
Berahpura,
Nuapara,
Nalbana, and
Tampara.
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