Lake · India

Pulicat Lake

0 m0 ft

Area: 561 km²
Max depth: 1 m
Tonight: 27°CRain · Wind 17 km/h SW

Pulicat Lake is a lake at 0 m above sea level in India, 561 km² in area and 59.0 km long.

All facts

Length: 59.0 km
Shoreline: 658.5 km

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3D map

Pulicat Lake 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Pulicat Lake topographic map

1 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 5 mShowing west → east through the centre

Pulicat Lake elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Downloads

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Print & wall

JPGPulicat Lake satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-04-19.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Lake

Pulicat Lake in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap, surface from the 30 m terrain model.

Surface elevation: 0 m0 ft
Shoreline: 658.5 km

Weather

Pulicat Lake weather

Tonight · Rain · 27°C (81°F) · 0.5 mm · Wind 17 km/h SW

Pulicat Lake forecast for about 0 m.

Tonight27°0.5 mm17 km/h SW
Today26°29°11.5 mm18 km/h S
Sun27°29°23.7 mm26 km/h E
Mon26°29°9.2 mm33 km/h NE
Tue29°30°0.2 mm34 km/h W
Wed28°31°–36 km/h SW
Thu27°30°–28 km/h SW
Fri27°29°–22 km/h S
Sat27°29°0.1 mm18 km/h SE
Sun27°28°2.5 mm14 km/h E

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:18 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 20 × 20 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 100% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

100.0%

Moderate, 15–30°

0.0%

Steep, 30–45°

0.0%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 0.0% of the 400 km² view
Relief in view: 30 m low point -1 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Water 80.6%Trees 10.0%Grassland 3.7%Bare rock / sparse 2.5%Shrubland 1.5%Cropland 1.4%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 10 km; 97 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Painted Stork9
Black-winged Stilt8
Spot-billed Pelican7
Brown-headed Gull6
Caspian Tern5
Asian Openbill4

Where it sits

Where Pulicat Lake sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Kolavai Lake103 km SSW

Sources

Data sources

Terrain: Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-04-19)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Panorama: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia