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'{{Infobox lake | lake_name = Wellington Lake | image_lake = | caption_lake = | image_bathymetry = | caption_bathymetry = | location = [[Cuddalore district]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[South India]] | coords = {{coord|11|20|10|N|79|32|40|E|type:waterbody_region:IN|display=inline,title}} | type = [[reservoir]], [[intermittent]] | inflow = | outflow = | catchment = | basin_countries = [[India]] | length = 4300 metre LS | width = | area = | depth = | max-depth = | volume = | residence_time = | shore = | elevation = | islands = | cities = }} '''Wellington Lake''' is a lake situated in the keezhcheruvoi, [[Tittakudi taluk]] of the [[Cuddalore district]] in the 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> 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. 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 | accessdate=2013-06-23}}</ref> and together they form the primary source of irrigation for nearly 25,000 acres of land and over 67 villages dependent on it for cultivation. The lake is also a noted [[trout]] fishery and home to a small-scale inland fishing industry.<ref name="AIADMK"/> ==References== {{reflist}} {{Hydrology of Tamil Nadu}} {{Cuddalore district}} [[Category:Lakes of Tamil Nadu]] [[Category:Cuddalore district]]'