Kodaikanal’s star-shaped lake looks like a natural hill lake. It was actually built by a British colonial official.
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How Kodaikanal Lake Was Made
- Kodaikanal Lake was created in 1863, by Sir Vere Henry Levinge, then Collector of Madurai.
- He dammed the outlet of a marshy hollow in the hill station to form the lake.
- The lake has its distinctive star shape by design.
- Kolleru, Nainital, and Renuka, by contrast, are all natural lakes, formed through river-basin depressions, tectonic activity, and spring-fed formation respectively.
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Spotting the One Artificial Lake in the Options
- The one that’s artificial Kodaikanal was built by damming a marshy hollow in 1863. The other three options are all natural lakes.
- Answer: (a) Kodaikanal (Tamil Nadu).
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