Islands
Tongues of land.
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Umiam Lake, also known as Bara Pani, is a reservoir in the hills of Meghalaya in northeast India, about 15 km north of Shillong by road and 10 km in a straight line. The lake was created by damming the Umiam River in the early 1960s for hydroelectric power; its power station was the first reservoir hydroelectric project in northeast India and entered service in 1965. Two rivers feed it, and its catchment covers 225 square kilometres. Before the dam was built, Khasi communities lived in the Umiam valley that the lake now covers. The blue water winds between hills covered in green pine forest, with tongues of land and small islands reaching into it. Mist sometimes lies over it in the morning, and at sunset it turns orange and gold. Visitors stop at viewpoints along the Guwahati–Shillong road, walk the shore and take boat rides. The lake makes a stop on the way to Shillong or a short trip from it.
Tongues of land.
In the morning.
Golden colours.
Near Shillong, Meghalaya, India
Yes.
On the Guwahati–Shillong road.