Sambhar Salt Lake
- Area
- 70 km²
- Tonight
- 19°CClear · Wind 19 km/h SW
Sambhar Salt Lake is a lake at 362 m above sea level in India, 70 km² in area and 20.2 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 362 m
- Length
- 20.2 km
- Shoreline
- 50.8 km
Sambhar Salt Lake in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 50.8 km
Sambhar Salt Lake 3D map
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Sambhar Salt Lake terrain and contours
10 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
Sambhar Salt Lake elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Sambhar Salt Lake weather
Today · Clear · 19 / 34°C (66 / 93°F) · Wind 19 km/h SW
Sambhar Salt Lake forecast for about 362 m.
- Today19°34°–19 km/h SW
- Sun19°33°–14 km/h NE
- Mon19°32°–14 km/h N
- Tue17°30°–9 km/h NE
- Wed16°29°–10 km/h N
- Thu20°28°0.7 mm9 km/h E
- Fri18°28°0.3 mm9 km/h NW
- Sat16°29°–5 km/h NE
- Sun18°30°–4 km/h S
Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 24, 01:17 UTC.
Camping & parking near Sambhar Salt Lake
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Sambhar Salt Lake, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
3.0 km WSW
All mapped places 1
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 3.0 km WSW |
Slope
Share of the 20 × 20 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mostly gentle: 99% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 0.1% of the 400 km² view
- Relief in view
- 197 m low point 360 m
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 10 km; 85 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Peregrine Falcon17
- Little Stint12
- Marsh Sandpiper12
- Ruff12
- Greater Flamingo11
- Pied Avocet10
Where Sambhar Salt Lake sits
Nearby places
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Data sources
- Terrain
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- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-09-25)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Camping & parking, Geometry
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Panorama
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- Forecast
- Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)