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Umiam Lake

975 m3,199 ft
Area
7.62 km²
Tonight
16°CFair · Wind 10 km/h N

Umiam Lake is a lake at 975 m above sea level in Meghalaya, India, 7.62 km² in area and 6.8 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
975 m
Length
6.8 km
Shoreline
56.8 km
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Lake

Umiam Lake in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

6.8 km longest2 kmN ↑
Shoreline
56.8 km
3D map

Umiam Lake 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 8.8 × 8.8 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Umiam Lake terrain and contours

50 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 250 mShowing west → east through the centre

Umiam Lake elevation profile

West → east through the centre

Hover the profile to read elevation and distance.Tap or drag along the profile to read elevation and distance.
Weather

Umiam Lake weather

Today · Light rain showers · 16 / 26°C (61 / 79°F) · 1.8 mm · Wind 10 km/h N

Umiam Lake forecast for about 975 m.

  • Today16°26°1.8 mm10 km/h N
  • Sun16°27°–11 km/h N
  • Mon17°29°–11 km/h N
  • Tue19°30°–6 km/h NE
  • Wed19°29°0.6 mm10 km/h N
  • Thu20°22°7.8 mm13 km/h NW
  • Fri19°22°3.7 mm6 km/h NW
  • Sat20°22°7.9 mm6 km/h N
  • Sun19°24°5.9 mm3 km/h NE
  • Mon18°26°0.2 mm6 km/h NE

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 24, 01:17 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Umiam Lake

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Umiam Lake, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

  • Nearest parking

    4.2 km NE

    +2 more within 6.8 km

  • Nearest campsite

    Whitewater Village Sheela & Ian

    7.6 km NNW

All mapped places 4
PlaceDistance
Parking4.2 km NE
Parking5.1 km SSE
Parking6.8 km S
Whitewater Village Sheela & IanCampsite7.6 km NNW
Slope

Slope

Share of the 8.8 × 8.8 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 53% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
53.4%
Moderate, 15–30°
36.2%
Steep, 30–45°
10.1%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.3%
Steeper than 30°
10.4% of the 77 km² view
Relief in view
764 m low point 824 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 62.9%Grassland 20.6%Water 7.6%Cropland 5.7%Built-up 2.8%

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

Where it sits

Where Umiam Lake sits

Region
India313Asia964
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Umiam Lake downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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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 2025 (scene 2025-11-28)
Land cover
© ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts
Wikidata (CC0)
Camping & parking, Geometry
© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
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 · Wikipedia