Lonar Crater Lake
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| Lonar Lake |
Lonar Lake is a saline soda lake located at Lonar in Buldana district, Maharashtra, India, which was created by a meteor impact during the Pleistocene Epoch.
This lake, which lies in a basalt impact structure, is both saline and alkaline in nature. Geologists, ecologists, archaeologists, naturalists and astronomers have reported several studies on the various aspects of this crater lake ecosystem.
The Smithsonian Institution, the United States Geological Survey, Geological Society of India, and University of Sagar and the Physical Research Laboratory have conducted extensive studies about the site.
A series of low hills surround the basin which has an oval shape.
The geological features of the Lonar crater has been marked under five distinguishable zones, exhibiting distinct geomorphic characteristics.
The five zones are:
The outermost ejecta blanket
The crater rim
The slopes of the crater
The crater basin, excluding lake
The crater lake
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