Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Madivalam Lake

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Size
9.44 acresAbout 5.4 football pitches
Rank by size
775th 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% of the lakeSatellite land cover, 2021

Through the years

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1984 to 2026.

  1. 1984-2021

    Held water most years

    Water in 11% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    6 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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  2. 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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  3. 2025-2026

    Mostly floating weed after the monsoon; mostly dry or built in the dry season

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 2% open water
    • 51% floating weed
    • 47% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 0% open water
    • 0% floating weed
    • 100% dry or built
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How big it is

Drawn outline
9.44 acres

About 5.4 football pitches

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End to end
430 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
0%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Land within 500 m

53% crops, 15% trees, 14% shrubs, 10% built, 8% grass

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Who looks after it

Nobody on record looks after it.

Where its water comes from and goes

Valley
Dakshina Pinakini

The river basin its water drains to

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Water comes from
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Catchment
3.3 km²

The land that drains into it

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What lives here

Birds recorded
13 species

Most seen: Common Myna, Rock Pigeon, House Crow, Black Drongo and Asian Koel.

14 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

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All wildlife recorded
13 species

14 records, all in 2017

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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
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Height above sea level
907 m
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Coordinates

12.7118° N, 77.7558° E

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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
1138
KGIS tank map
230