Circles

This is Loktak Lake (Manipuri Mayek) located in East India and is known as the Floating Lake due to it's floating phumdis.  Phumdis is a mass of vegetation, soil and other organic matter.  The lake is one of the largest in India and is located in the Manipur state and has one of the world's larges phumdis at about 4 square miles.  This mass of land is now Keibul Lamjao National Park, the world's only floating national park and is home to a variety of wildlife including the Brow-antlered Deer also called Sangai.  The lake is utilized by rural fisherman who often live on the  phumids.  The lake is also a source of livelihood for the rural fisherman who live in the surrounding areas and on phumdis, also known as “phumshongs”.  The phumdis are used to build hut homes and for farm fishing.  Circular  enclosures are  created from phumids for this farming.