Silsako Lake (also known as Silsako Beel) is a wetland and lake located at the heart of the Guwahati city and surrounded by villages like Satgaon, Hengrabari and Mathgharia in Kamrup Metropolitan district of Assam.[1]Guwahati Water Bodies (Preservation and Conservation) Act-2008 has specifically notified the Silsako Lake in the Schedule I to IV along with other six wetlands of Guwahati.[2]
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Location | Guwahati, Kamrup Metropolitan district, Assam, India |
Coordinates | 26°09′24.3″N 91°49′18.2″E |
Silsako is the Assamese term for Stone Bridge. Beel means lake in Assamese language.
Silsako lake is having a length of approx. 5 km and average width of 250 m.[1]
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