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Chembarambakkam Lake

Chembarambakkam Lake is located in Kancheepuram district, , India, about 25 km from Chennai. It is the biggest of the two important rain-fed reservoirs, the other one being the Puzhal Lake, that supply drinking water to Chennai city.
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  • Type: Reservoir
  • Description: lake in Kancheepuram District, India
  • Also known as: “Chembarambakkam Tank”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kundrathur and Thirumazhisai.

Town
is a suburb located in the Chennai Metropolitan Area and the headquarters of taluk in Kanchipuram District. It is the birthplace of Sekkizhar, a well-known poet-saint who authored the Periyapuranam.

Town
is a western suburb of , India. It is located in Thiruvallur district of . Located on the way to Thiruvallur, the neighbourhood is situated at a distance of 28 km from the city's .

Town
Photo: PlaneMad, CC BY-SA 2.5.
is a western suburb of , under the Chennai Metropolitan Area. It was historically called Pushpagirimangalam, later renamed in Tamil as Poovirundhavalli, and now colloquially called as Poondhamalli.

Chembarambakkam Lake

Latitude
13.00793° or 13° 0′ 29″ north
Longitude
80.05078° or 80° 3′ 3″ east
Elevation
19 metres (62 feet)
Open location code
7M522352+58
Open­Street­Map ID
way 25453624
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­reservoir
Geo­Names ID
1274440
Wiki­data ID
Q3524627
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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Western Panjabi—“Chembarambakkam Lake” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “চেম্বরমবক্কম”
  • Cebuano: “Chembarambākkam Tank”
  • Hindi: “चेम्बरबाक्कम झील”
  • Hindi: “चेम्बरमबक्कम झील”
  • Hindi: “चेम्बरमबाक्कम झील”
  • Hindi: “चेम्बरामबक्क्म”
  • Panjabi: “ਚੇਂਬਰਮਬਾਕੱਮ ਝੀਲ”
  • Slovenian: “jezero Chembarambakkam”
  • Spanish: “Chembarambakkam”
  • Spanish: “Lago de Chembarambakkam”
  • Tamil: “செம்பரம்பாக்கம் ஏரி”
  • Western Panjabi: “چیمبرمباکمّ جھیل”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Chembarambakkam Lake”. Photo: Tagooty, CC BY-SA 4.0.