Satpara Lake

{{Short description|Lake in Pakistan}}

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| name = Satpara Lake
{{nq|سدپارہ جھیل}}

| image = Storm, Satpara Lake.jpg

| caption = The lake is set among the region’s spectacular mountainous landscapes

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| location = near Sadpara village, Skardu Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan

| coords = {{coord|35.229521|N|75.630398|E|type:waterbody|display=title,inline}}

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| etymology = Sadpara ({{literal translation|Seven gates}})

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| pushpin_map = Gilgit Baltistan

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| basin_countries = Pakistan

| length = {{convert|3.5|km}}

| width = {{convert|1.4|km}}

| website = http://www.skardu.pk

| area = {{convert|4|km2}}

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| elevation = {{convert|2600|m}}

| islands = Yes

| cities = Skardu

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Satpara Lake also spelled Sadpara Lake ({{langx|ur|سدپارہ جھیل}}) is a natural lake near Skardu in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan. The lake supplies water to Skardu Valley.{{cite news |last1=Azad |first1=Mukhtar |title=سدپارہ جھیل آخری سانس لے رہی ہے |trans-title=Sadpara Lake is taking its last breath |url=https://www.bbc.com/urdu/pakistan/story/2004/08/040825_sadpara_mukhtar_nad |access-date=17 April 2025 |work=BBC Urdu |date=26 August 2004 |lang=ur}}{{cite news |last1=Hussain |first1=Anam |title=Guardians of the glaciers - life beside Pakistan's vanishing ice |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/features/longform/2024/5/12/guardians-of-the-glaciers-life-alongside-pakistans-vanishing-ice |access-date=17 November 2024 |work=Al Jazeera |date=12 May 2024}} Fed by the Satpara Stream originating from the Deosai plains, the stream is the lake's only outlet. Satpara Lake is situated at an elevation of {{convert|2600|m}} above sea level and spans an area of {{convert|4|km2}}. It provides habitat to the brown and rainbow trout fishes which were introduced in the region.{{cite book |editor=T. Petr |title=Fish and fisheries at higher altitudes: Asia (385) |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z4HESCeJyZcC |year=1999 |publisher=Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |location=Rome |isbn=92-5-104309-4 |page=134}}