Khushal Sar

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{{Short description|Lake in Jammu and Kashmir, India}}

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| name = Khushal Sar

| image = File:Khushal_Sar_From_North.jpg

| caption = A view of the Khushal Sar from its Northern Shore

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| pushpin_map = India Jammu and Kashmir

| location = Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir

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| outflow = Channel to the Anchar Lake

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| length = {{convert|1.6|km|abbr=on}}

| width = {{convert|0.6|km|abbr=on}}

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| elevation = {{convert|1582|m|ft|abbr=on}}

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Khushal Sar ({{IPA|ur|xʊʃɦɑːl səɾ}} ; {{IPA|ks|xɔʃhaːl sar}}) is a lake located in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is in a highly deteriorated condition and has been encroached upon at many places with illegal construction and landfilling.{{cite news|title=Encroachments killing Khushal Sar |url=http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/2012/May/15/encroachments-killing-khushal-sar-18.asp |date=15 May 2012 |access-date=20 Mar 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402173318/http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/2012/May/15/encroachments-killing-khushal-sar-18.asp |archive-date=April 2, 2015 }} The lake once stretched from Zoonimar up to the Aali Masjid but now it is considerably reduced. It is connected to the Anchar lake via a small channel. Another smaller lake, known as Gilsar, is connected to the Khushal Sar via a narrow strait, which is spanned by a bridge known as Gil Kadal. The Gilsar lake is in turn connected to the Nigeen lake via the Nallah Amir Khan. Until the 1970s, the Mar Canal drained into this lake providing navigability up to Ganderbal via the Anchar lake. After the filling up of the Mar Canal, the condition of the lake deteriorated further.{{cite news|title=Khushal Sar Breathing its last |url=http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/2013/Oct/26/khushal-sar-breathing-its-last--30.asp |date=26 Oct 2013 |access-date=20 Mar 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402194214/http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/2013/Oct/26/khushal-sar-breathing-its-last--30.asp |archive-date=2015-04-02 }}

{{cite web|title=Prominent Lakes of Kashmir Division|url=http://jkenvis.nic.in/water_resources_lakes_kashmir.html|year=2012|publisher=J&K Envis Centre|access-date=7 March 2018|archive-date=5 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180305082810/http://jkenvis.nic.in/water_resources_lakes_kashmir.html|url-status=dead}}