Lake · Tamil Nadu

Veeranam Lake

13 m43 ft

Area: 24 km²
Tonight: 24°CHeavy rain · Wind 13 km/h S

Veeranam Lake is a lake at 13 m above sea level in Tamil Nadu, India, 24 km² in area and 14.7 km long.

All facts

Surface elevation: 13 m
Length: 14.7 km
Shoreline: 43.7 km

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Lake

Veeranam Lake in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline: 43.7 km

3D map

Veeranam Lake 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 16.7 × 16.7 km

Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Veeranam Lake terrain and contours

2 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 10 mShowing west → east through the centre

Veeranam Lake elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Veeranam Lake weather

Today · Rain · 24 / 30°C (75 / 86°F) · 30.3 mm · Wind 13 km/h S

Veeranam Lake forecast for about 13 m.

Today24°30°30.3 mm13 km/h S
Sun24°30°47.8 mm13 km/h E
Mon24°28°29.6 mm18 km/h N
Tue26°28°0.5 mm18 km/h SW
Wed25°31°–22 km/h SW
Thu26°32°–15 km/h SW
Fri25°32°0.1 mm10 km/h S
Sat23°31°0.3 mm9 km/h E
Sun25°30°7.9 mm9 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 24, 01:17 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 16.7 × 16.7 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 279 km² view
Relief in view: 41 m low point 3 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Cropland 62.9%Trees 19.7%Shrubland 5.7%Wetland 5.4%Built-up 2.8%Grassland 2.6%Water 0.7%

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 8.4 km; 64 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Purple Heron10
Little Cormorant10
Asian Openbill9
Gray-headed Swamphen7
Oriental Darter6
Common Coot5

Where it sits

Where Veeranam Lake sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Chitlapakkam aeriLake190 km NNE

Downloads

Veeranam Lake downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGVeeranam Lake satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2025-10-31.

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GIS & GPS

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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 2025-10-31)
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
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia