Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Devagondi Kere

Size

21.2 acresAbout 12 football pitches

Rank by size

429th largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist

Valley

Dakshina Pinakini

Who looks after it

Nobody on record looks after it

Water quality

Not tested for water quality yet

Built over

0.3% of the lakeSatellite land cover, 2021

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1956 to 1972 and 1974 to 1983.

Water seen by satellite each year, up to 10.4 acres. Grey: years it saw under half the lake

What covers it each year:waterbuilt on or bareplants or weed

1955

1973

1984

1955
Not on the U.S. Army map
Compiled from Survey of India maps of 1945-46
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1973
On the survey map
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1984-2021
Held water most years
Water in 9% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024
8% of its water area has since gone dry; 11% is new water
4 years not counted: the satellite saw under half the lake
Floating weed looks like dry land to this record, so a weed-covered year can read as dry
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2017-2025
No one cover holds over half of it in most years
About three in four of these readings are right, so trust what holds for several years
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2025-2026
Part dry or built, part floating weed after the monsoon; mostly dry or built in the dry season
After monsoon, Nov 2025 to Dec 2025
19% open water
35% floating weed
47% dry or built
Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026
5% open water
0% floating weed
95% dry or built
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