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Tuesday 8 July 2014

table of heaviest living birds taken from net

Rank Animal Average mass
[kg (lb)]
Maximum mass
[kg (lb)]
Average total length
[cm (ft)]
1 Ostrich 104 (230)[105] 156.8 (346)[105] 210 (6.9)[106]
2 Southern Cassowary 45 (99)[105] 85 (190)[107] 155 (5.1)[105]
3 Northern Cassowary 44 (97)[105] 75 (170)[105] 149 (4.9)[106]
4 Emu 33 (73)[105][108] 70 (150)[109] 153 (5)[105]
5 Emperor Penguin 31.5 (69)[106][110] 46 (100)[106] 114 (3.7)[106]
6 Greater Rhea 23 (51)[108] 40 (88)[106] 134 (4.4)[105]
7 Dwarf Cassowary 19.7 (43)[105] 34 (75)[105] 105 (3.4)[41]
8 Lesser Rhea 19.6 (43)[105] 28.6 (63)[105] 96 (3.2)[106]
9 King Penguin 13.6 (30)[106][110] 20 (44)[111] 92 (3)[43]
10 Dalmatian Pelican 11.5 (25)[106] 15 (33)[112] 170 (5.6)[106]

Tuesday 1 July 2014

beautiful lakes in india

Wular Lake is located in Jammu and Kashmir.
Loktak Lake: Loktak Lake is the largest freshwater lake in northeastern India, located in Manipur.
Damdama Lake: Damdama Lake is one of the biggest natural lakes in Haryana.
Dal Lake: The Kashmir valley is blessed with exotic natural beauty of landscape and water bodies, out of them one of the best is Dal Lake. 
Pichola Lake: Lake Pichola is an artificial fresh water lake situated in Udaipur city in Rajasthan.
Gurudongmar Lake: Gurudongmar Lake is one of the highest lakes in the world.This fresh-water lake is located northeast of the Kangchenjunga range in Sikkim.
Chilka Lake: Chilka Lake is the brackish water lake and is the largest coastal lake in India. The Chilka Lake in situated in Orissa and is Asia’s largest inland salt-water lagoon.
Vembanad Lake: Vembanad Lake is India’s longest lake and is the largest lakes in the beautiful state land of God, Kerala.
Bhimtal Lake: The pride of Bhimtal is a beautiful lake which offers magnificent vistas for tourists. The lake is larger than Nainital lake,The island at the center of the lake. Uttaranchal is famous for its valley of flowers, green meadows and spectacular lakes.
Upper lake: Upper lake is the largest artificial lake in Asia, situated in “City of Lakes” called Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh