Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Mahanthalingapura Lake

See it on the map
Size
5.17 acresAbout 2.9 football pitches
Rank by size
1012th largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Arkavathi
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

Nothing on record for 1981 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1980 to 2026.

  1. 1980

    Not on the survey map

    See source

  2. 1984-2021

    Held water most years

    Water in 12% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    15% of its water area has since gone dry; 4% 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

    See sourceSee source

  3. 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

  4. 2025-2026

    Part floating weed, part open water after the monsoon; mostly dry or built in the dry season

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 38% open water
    • 48% floating weed
    • 14% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 5% open water
    • 0% floating weed
    • 95% dry or built
    See source

How big it is

Drawn outline
5.17 acres

About 2.9 football pitches

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End to end
219 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

44% crops, 22% grass, 16% built, 13% trees, 3% shrubs, 1% bare ground

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
Arkavathi

The river basin its water drains to

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Overflows into

Giddenahalli Lake

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Catchment
0.5 km²

The land that drains into it

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What lives here

Birds recorded
56 species

Most seen: Eurasian Moorhen, Spot-billed duck, Lesser Whistling-Duck, White-browed Wagtail and Common Myna.

120 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

See source
All wildlife recorded
56 species

120 records, 2021 to 2025

See source
Photographed on iNaturalist
22 times

15 species, 19 confirmed by other naturalists.

Most seen: Eurasian Moorhen, Brown Shrike, Indian Spot-billed Duck, Lesser Whistling-Duck and White-browed Wagtail.

Last seen Jan 2025

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
908 m
See source
Coordinates

12.7655° N, 77.6149° E

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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
933
KGIS tank map
349