Contents 1.0 Introduction -Aim - Objective - Methodology 2.0 Natural Resources: Water 2.1 Water Resources and Human Settlement 2.2 Hydrological cycle 2.2.1 The Natural System 2.2.2 Components of Hydrological Cycle 2.3 Natural Water Resources 2.3.1 Watercourses 2.3.2 Water-bodies 2.3.3 Wetlands 2.3.4 Flood lands 2.3.5 Groundwater system 2.4 Man-Modified Water Resources 2.4.1 Artificial canals 2.4.2 Balancing lakes 2.4.3 Reservoirs 2.4.4 Artificial lakes 2.4.5 River fronts 2.4.6 Harbours 3.0 Lake and its Ecosystem 3.1Introduction 3.2 Lakes and Their Classification 3.2.1 Classification of Lakes 3.2.1.1 Classification of lakes on the basis of origin 3.2.1.2 Thermal Classification of Lakes 3.2.1.3 Biotic Classification of Lakes 3.3.1 Lake Catchment or Watershed 3.3.2 Basin of the Lake 3.3.3 Edge of the Lake 3.4 Constituents of a Lake System 3.4.1 Water 3.4.2 Sediment 3.4.3 Nutrients 3.4.4 Energy 3.5 Natural Processes of Lakes 3.5.1 Productivity of Lakes 3.6 Plant Succession in Water 3.6.1 Classification of Plants in the succession 3.6.2 Succession in Lake Ecosystems 3.7 Death of Lakes 3.7.1 Natural death of lakes 3.8 Lake as a resource to settlement 3.8.1 Functional Values 3.8.2 Societal Values 4.0 Literature Studies 4.1 Lake Chad , Africa 4.2 Mono Lake California 4.3 Conclusion and Inferences 4.4 Matrix 5.0Impact of Human Intervention On The Lake Ecosystem 5.1Deforestation 5.2 Industry 5.3 Agricultural Practices 5.4 Pressures Due To Urbanization 5.5 Animal Rearing 6.0 Introduction to the Region: Udaipur 6.1Background 6.1.1 Udaipur City 6.1.2 Demographic Characteristics 6.1.3 The Lake System 6.2 Historical Perspective 6.2.1 Water Resource Management in Udaipur since its founding 6.3 Lake System 6.3.1.LakePichola 6.3.2.Fateh Sagar 6.3.3. Lake Udai Sagar 6.4 Climatic and Hydrological Characteristics 6.5. Hydrological Balance of the Udaipur Lakes 6.6Watershed Characteristics 7.0 Introduction to the Sub region 7.1 Catchment areas of Udaipur lakes 7.2 Physiography 7.3 Slope Analysis 7.4 Geology 7.5 Soil 7.6 Hydrology 7.7 Hydrogeology 7.8 Vegetation 7.9 Landuse Plan 8.0 Analysis 9.0 Proposal 9.1 Guidelines 9.2 Small Storage Structure (Embankment, spillways and Ponds etc.) 9.3 Vegetative Measures 10.0 Conclusion