Lakes in Tamil Nadu

There are number of lakes in state Tamilnadu. These lakes fetch many tourists to come to Tamilnadu. The water of this lakes is the home of many fishes, birds. Water of these lakes is used for irrigation. These lakes provide employment to many people of state. A list of lakes in Tamilnadu is given below. For more information kindly read the article as below:

Tourist attraction lake in tamilnadu

Red hills lake

The Red Hills Lake is also refereed as Puzhal Lake. Red hill lake is situated in Thiruvallur district of state Tamilnadu. The water of this lake is reserved in two main reserviors . The water of this lake is used to give supply to Chennai (Madurai). Red hill lake is having a capacity of 3,300 million ft³ (93 million m³) to store water.

Chembarambakkam Lake

Chembarambakkam lake is situated in Kanchipuram district. Chembarambakkam lake is located at a distance of 40 km from Madurai of Tamilnadu. Like Red hills lake, the water of this lake too is reserved in two main reservoirs.As it is near to Chennai thus from this lake of Tamilnadu, water is supplied to Chennai for drinking purpose.The other resource where water is reserved is Puzhal lake. The total capacity of this lake to store water is 85.40 ft (26.03 m). The aggregate level of reservoir where water is stored is approximately 75.60 ft (23.04 m).

Veeranam Lake

Veeranam Lake is situated at a distance of 14 km from Chidambaram. Veeranam lake is one of the largest lake of Tamilnadu. Veeranam lake is situated in Cuddalore district of state Tamilnadu. Tamilnadu's large lake is situated at a distance of 235km from the capital of Tamilnadu. This lake of Tamilnadu is fed by Vadavar River.The major drawback of this lake is that most of the year, it remains dry. Veeranam lake was built by Chola empire in 1011 to 1037 AD.

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