■ CHILIKA LAKE.
◇ Chilika lake is brackish water lagoon, spread over the puri, khurda and Ganjam districts of Odisha state on east coast of India, at the mouth of Daya river, flowing into the bay of bengal, covering an area of over 1,100km.
◇ It is the largest coastal lagoon in India and the largest brackish water lagoon in the world after The New Caledonian barrier reef.
◇ It has been listed as a tentative UNESCO World Heritage site.