Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Guduppana Lake

See it on the map
Size
23.4 acresAbout 13 football pitches
Rank by size
391st largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Suvarnamukhi
Who looks after it
Nobody on record looks after it
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
4% of the lakeSatellite land cover, 2021

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1956 to 1979 and 1981 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1955 to 2026.

  1. 1955

    Not on the U.S. Army map

    Compiled from Survey of India maps of 1945-46

    See source

  2. 1980

    On the survey map

    See source

  3. 1984-2021

    Held water most years

    Water in 20% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    50% of its water area has since gone dry; 0.8% is new water

    4 years not counted: the satellite saw under half the lake

    See sourceSee source

  4. 2017-2018

    In the water bodies census, not marked as encroached

    This census's status marks are often wrong

    See source

  5. 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

    See source

  6. 2025-2026

    Mostly dry or built after the monsoon and in the dry season

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 7% open water
    • 7% floating weed
    • 86% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 0% open water
    • 0.1% floating weed
    • 100% dry or built
    See source

How big it is

Drawn outline
23.4 acres

About 13 football pitches

See source
End to end
505 m

The longest straight line across the outline

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How clean the water is

Not tested for water quality yet.

How much is built over

Built inside the outline
4%

From satellite land cover, 2021

See source
Land within 500 m

43% trees, 34% crops, 14% shrubs, 4% grass, 4% built

From satellite land cover, 2021

See source

Who looks after it

Nobody on record looks after it.

Where its water comes from and goes

Valley
Suvarnamukhi

The river basin its water drains to

See source
Catchment
2.8 km²

The land that drains into it

See source

What lives here

Birds recorded
72 species

Most seen: Red-wattled Lapwing, Indian Pond-Heron, Common Myna, Little Egret and Common Kingfisher.

289 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

See source
All wildlife recorded
73 species

290 records, 2020 to 2024

See source
Threatened species seen here
2
  • River Tern vulnerable
  • Woolly-necked Stork near threatened
See source
Photographed on iNaturalist
4 times

3 species, 4 confirmed by other naturalists.

Most seen: Common Kingfisher, Common Tiger Butterfly and White-browed Wagtail.

Last seen Dec 2023

See source

Around it

Nothing on record about what is around it.

Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Greater Bengaluru
Outside the city limits
See source
Height above sea level
717 m
See source
Coordinates

12.7526° N, 77.5033° E

See source

Read more

Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
910
KGIS tank map
147
Water bodies census
1/12/002/000003/000028/001