{{multiple issues|{{tone|date=May 2012}} {{more citations needed|date=August 2012}}}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Tarbela Lake | image_skyline = File:Tarbela Dam during the 2010 floods.jpg | imagesize = | settlement_type = | other_name = Turbela Lake | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Pakistan | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Pakistan | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | subdivision_name3 = | subdivision_type4 = | subdivision_name4 = | government_footnotes = | government_type = | leader_title = | leader_name = | leader_title1 = | leader_name1 = | established_title = | established_date = | area_total_km2 = | area_metro_km2 = | population_as_of = | population_footnotes = | population_note = | population_total = | population_density_km2 = | population_urban = | population_density_urban_km2 = | coordinates = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | elevation_ft = | timezone =PST | utc_offset = +5 | timezone_DST = | utc_offset_DST = | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code = | blank_name = | blank_info = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Tarbela lake''' is a reservoir formed by the Tarbela Dam, located 3 km south of Haripur, in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. It is one of the biggest lakes of Pakistan.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://haripur.kp.gov.pk/page/tarbela_dam_and_lake | title=Tarbela Lake | access-date=7 September 2024}}</ref>
During the wet season the target high water level of 473 m AMSL is reached and often water has to be discharged over the spillways of the dam. At the end of winter low water levels are reached and some otherwise sunken attractions appear.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-05-31 |title=How a Hidden Shrine Emerges from Underwater in Winter |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7cDMCU5HIU |access-date=2025-07-06 |website=Youtube |language=ar}}</ref> The minimal water level is 396 meter.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-03-12 |title=Simast Divers at Tarbela |url=https://www.sinitworks.com/download/job_records/JR_5_Tarbela_Dam_Site_Pakistan.pdf |access-date=2025-07-06 |website=SINIT S.r.l. |language=en}}</ref>
==Recreation== Being one of the biggest lakes of Pakistan, Tarbela Lake is a popular tourist spot and recreation site in Pakistan.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-09-02 |title=Eid revellers throng Tarbela Lake |url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/243797/eid-revellers-throng-tarbela-lake |access-date=2022-04-22 |website=The Express Tribune |language=en}}</ref> [[file:Tarbela.jpg|thumb|upright|The lake was formed as a reservoir of the Tarbela Dam]]
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Category:Lakes of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Category:Haripur District