Passion for Science

  Hi readers! Today we will see about Loktak lake, Caves of Meghalaya, Palolem Beach, Nilgiri Hills. Loktak lake Loktak Lake  is the largest freshwater lake in  North East India  and is famous for the  phumdis  (heterogeneous mass of vegetation, soil and organic matter at various stages of decomposition) floating over it. The lake is located at  Moirang  in  Manipur  state, India.  The  etymology(  is the study of the  history  of  words)  of  Loktak  is  Lok  = "stream" and  tak  = "the end". Caves of  Meghalaya The  Caves of Meghalaya  comprise a large number of caves in the  Jaintia ,  Khasi Hills  and  Garo Hills  districts in the Indian state of  Meghalaya , and are amongst the longest caves in the world. Of the ten longest and deepest caves in India, the first nine are in Meghalaya, while the tenth is in  Mizoram . The longest is  Krem Liat Prah  in the Jaintia Hills, which is 30,957 m (101,600 ft).  The word "Krem" means cave in the local  Khasi lan