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Tammileru is a medium river which forms the boundary between
Tammileru is a medium river which forms the boundary between Krishna district
Krishna district is a district in the Coastal Andhra region in Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, with Machilipatnam as its administrative headquarters. It is surrounded on the East by Bay of Bengal, West by Guntur district, Guntur, Bapatla distric ...
and Eluru district
Eluru district is a district in coastal Andhra Region in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. With Eluru as its administrative headquarters, it was proposed on 26 January 2022 to become one of the resultant List of districts of Andhra Pradesh, t ...
of Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh (ISO 15919, ISO: , , AP) is a States and union territories of India, state on the East Coast of India, east coast of southern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, seventh-largest state and th ...
state. It is an area that is often affected by floods. The river drains into the Kolleru lake
Kolleru Lake is one of the largest freshwater lakes in India and forms the largest shallow freshwater lake in Asia (with 245 km2 of lake area and 302 km2 of total Ramsar designated wetland). 15 kilometers away from Eluru and 65 km from Rajamahe ...
.
Tammileru dam was constructed in the year 1980 to irrigate 3,720 hectares of land.
References
Rivers of Andhra Pradesh Geography of Krishna district Geography of West Godavari district {{India-river-stub