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| location = [[Cuddalore district]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]<br />
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'''Wellington Lake''' is a [[lake]] situated in the Keelachiruvoi Village,(Near Tittakudi) [[Tittakudi taluk]] of the [[Cuddalore district]] in the [[States and union territories of India|Indian state]] of [[Tamil Nadu]]. It is the second-largest lake in Tamil Nadu after the [[Veeranam Lake]], which also is situated in the Cuddalore district.<ref>http://www.indiamapped.com/tamil-nadu/cuddalore/tittakudi/</ref><br />
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It is primarily a rain-fed lake, while its main tributary is the [[Vellar River]] that originates from the [[Shevaroy Hills]]. Smaller creeks that originate from the Nangoor reserve forest and the Lakkur reserve forest form the secondary tributaries.{{fact|date=July 2020}}<br />
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The Wellington Lake also has about 27 ancillary lakes<ref name="AIADMK">{{cite web | url=http://www.aiadmkallindia.org/innerpage.aspx?NEWS=31d023de-0b87-4e74-9c87-73f3435c6641&g=1 | title=AIADMK | access-date=2013-06-23}}</ref> and together they form the primary source of irrigation for nearly {{Convert|25000|acre|abbr=off}} of land and over 67 villages dependent on it for cultivation.{{fact|date=July 2020}}<br />
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The lake is also a noted [[trout]] fishery and home to a small-scale inland fishing industry.<ref name="AIADMK"/><br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Hydrology of Tamil Nadu}}<br />
{{Cuddalore district}}<br />
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[[Category:Reservoirs in Tamil Nadu]]<br />
[[Category:Cuddalore district]]</div>->MPGuy2824