[4] The lake basin was formed as a result of tectonic activity and is fed by the Jhelum River and stream Madhumati and Arin.

[7] Fish from Wular Lake make up a significant part of the diet for many thousands of people living on its shores and elsewhere in the Kashmir Valley.

More than eight thousand fishermen earn their livelihood from the lake, primarily fishing for the endemic Schizothorax species and the non-native carp.

[7] The Kashmiri sultan Zain-ul-Abidin is reputed to have ordered the construction of the artificial island of Zaina Lank in the middle of the lake in 1444.

[8] According to the traditional beliefs in the vicinity of Wular Lake there once stood a city whose king was Raja Sudrasen.

Zayn Ul Aabidin constructed a spacious barge which he sank in the lake and upon which he laid a foundation of bricks and stones till it rose high enough to be at level with the water.

The expense of this work was defrayed by the fortunate discovery of two idols of solid gold which had been brought up from the lake by divers.

[11] One aim was to regulate the release of water from the natural storage in the lake to maintain a minimum draught of 4.5 feet (1.4 m) in the river up to Baramulla during the lean winter months.

[16] Simultaneously, the enlarged lake can also meet the downstream navigational requirements fully during the lean flow season.

[25] The Environment Ministry of India approved Rs 4 billion for the restoration project for the lake that will take 5 to 10 years and was after long delays scheduled to start in December 2011.

[26] The partner organisation South Asian Voluntary Association of Environmentalists (SAVE) is a joint initiative of individuals with the aim to protect the ecology and to conserve the nature at Wular Lake.

Parts of the lake have become shallow, and areas that used to be wide open water are now covered in mud and garbage.