What is Pulicat Lake?
[[File:India - Pulicat Lake - 023 - lake landscape.jpg|thumb|Pulicat Lake]] '''Pulicat Lake''' is India's second largest brackish water lake after the [[Chilika Lake]] in Odisha.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.google.co.in/search?q=Pulicat+lake&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b-ab&gfe_rd=cr&ei=VqSBWIDlIOrH8AeHwL_YBA|title=Pulicat lake - Google Search|website=www.google.co.in}}</ref> It straddles in the coast area of [[Andhra Pradesh]] and [[Tamil Nadu]] states with over 96% of it in [[Andhra Pradesh]] and 3% in [[Tamil Nadu]] situated on the [[Coromandel Coast]] in South India.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wctxae6Sito|title=PULICAT LAKE|last=M Baluswami|date=4 August 2009|publisher=|via=YouTube}}</ref> The lake encompasses the [[Pulicat Lake Bird Sanctuary]]. The barrier island of [[Sriharikota]] separates the lake from the [[Bay of Bengal]] and is home to the [[Satish Dhawan Space Centre]]. The fishing village of [[Pulicat]] is at the south end of the lake, from which the lake got its name. The [[Satish Dhawan Space Center]] is located on the north end of the island. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Andhra Pradesh]] [[Category:Lakes of India]]