The second highest plateau of the world is spread over an area of 1200 Sq Mi. and it is located in the Astore district of the Gilgit Baltistan province of Pakistan. The territory is known as Deosai National Park, the land of giants which remains a snow-bound bailiwick in the chilling winters. The trailblazers love to explore the heavenly and astounding plains of Deosai in summer when they are accessible. The land of giants comes across the western massif of the great Himalayas and the middlemost of the inordinate Karakoram.

Deosai National Park: An image by Zahoor Ahmed

Deosai plains are designated in 1993 as a protected area and it is a treeless reservation which is named as Deosai National Park. The baffling wilderness of Deosai is home of the Himalayan brown bear which is the largest omnivore of Pakistan. The number of the Himalayan brown bear is critically decreased due to the illegal hunting and poaching. They love to eat grasses, roots and other plants as well as insects and small mammals but sometimes they can also prey cattle.

Himalayan brown bear of Deosai - Image courtesy : Zahoor Ahmed

Deoasi plains are also famous as the natural habitat of spectacular Himalayan marmot that lives in form of colonies and has a unique chocolate-brown coat with contrasting yellow patches on its face and chest. Overall the fauna of Deosai National Park consists of more than 150 wild species and migratory birds. The most noteworthy of them are Snow-leopard, Golden Eagle, Himalayan Ibex, Gray wolf and Lammergeier.

A cute Himalayan marmot of Deosai - Girish Nair Photography

Deosai plains are home of the fantastic plants that have amazing quality to bear the severity of the freezing weather. Every year in the start of June, the Deosai plains are embellished with countless natural flowers that spread their intoxicated aroma in the whole atmosphere. This is impossible to elaborate the wonderful variety of the flora of Deosai which comprises hundreds of alpine plants. The lush green meadows of Deosai present an ultimate scenic view, when the flowers are in full bloom in spring.

The fantastic view of the flowers in Deosai Plains - A Nadeem Khawar's Photo

One of the marvelous features of Deosai plains is the dazzling Sheosar Lake which means “Blind Lake” and it is located in the Deosai national park. Sheosar lake is considered as one of the highest elevated lakes in the world having a length of 2.3 kilometers and a width of 1.8 kilometers along with an average depth of about 40 meters (130 ft).

The alluring Sheosar Lake of Deosai National Park - A Sarfraz Hayat's photo

Deosai National Park, the land of giants and Deosai National Park can be accessed via two routes. One is through Skardu City and the second through Astore District.The road from Astore starts from Chilum, continues through the plains and is asphalt road till the main lake before climbing to Deosai. The route from Skardu is via an unpaved road which can be hiked in two days. By jeep it is only a matter of hours.

Water Lakes are the water bodies that are usually surrounded by land and are normally found in the mountain areas, rift zones and glacial places. The reservoir of water in the lake may be either salty or fresh and it is different than the pond although both are water bodies. Ponds are smaller in their sizes as compare to lakes with no water flow and lakes are deeper than the ponds. Lakes are often fed with big streams and rivers having short-lived landscape features, as they tend to become silted up by sediment from the streams and rivers that feed them. Apart from natural lakes, in many countries of the world, there are many artificial lakes built for the irrigation of agricultural land, producing electricity and for industrial needs. The global ecological degradation has marked worst effect upon the water lakes as they are shrinking on a rapid rate. Some of the lakes in the world have tremendous importance for the environment of their respective area and some of them are famous for their extraordinary scenic beauty. Many beautiful lakes of the world have huge attraction for the visitors from all over the world and are considered as the real wonders of the nature. Here are some wonderful images of some beautiful lakes of the world;

1- Plitvice Lakes of Croatia

Green view of the Plitvice lake of Croatia ( Image: Antoine Khater )

 2- Five Flower Lake of China

Five flower lake of China ( Image: by Hock How & Siew Peng )

3- Lake Titicaca of Bolivia

Lake Titicaca of Bolivia ( Image: By Homdaum )

4- Crater Lake of USA

The Crater lake of U.S ( Image: Jeffrey Johnson )

 5- Lake Bled of Slovenia

Lake Bled of Slovenia ( Image: Issy Witcomb )

 6- Sheosar Lake of Deosai, Pakistan

Sheosar Lake, Deosai Plains, Pakistan ( Image: Tariq Hameed Sulemani )

7- Dal Lake of Srinagar, India

Dal lake of Srinagar, Kashmir ( By Rambonp loves all creature made by God in this uni )

8- Mirror Lake of California, USA

Mirror Lake of California, USA . Image: carlos_seo

9- Ansoo Lake or Tear Lake, Pakistan

Ansoo ( Tear ) Lake, Kaghan Valley, Pakitan ( An Asif Saeed Image )

 10- Mono Lake of California, USA

Mono Lake in CA, USA ( Richard Gaston's Image )

 11- Lake Bogoria of Kenya

Lake Bogoria of Kenya ( Image by Steve Garvie )

 12- Peyto Lake, Alberta, Canada

13- Phandar Lake, Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan

14- Moraine Lake, Canada

Moraine Lake of Canada ( Image: Dan Billard )

 15- A Japanese Lake in Nagano

Beautiful stars and a magnificent Japanese lake in Nagano ( Image: MASAHIRO MIYASAKA )