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Linganamakki Dam - Coorg
very close to Jog falls. The Karnataka State Government constructed the Linganamakki dam in 1964. This dam was located in the premises of Sagara Taluk. Linganamakki dam has a length of 2.4 Km, extending across the Sharavathi River. The Linganamakki dam is also a tourist attraction, owing to the Jog Falls, located 6 Km away.
The dam was designed to hold 4368 million cubic meter of water in an area of around 300 Kmē, submerging 50.62 kmē of swamp land and 7 Kmē of arid land, with the remaining being forest land and wasteland. The dam rises to a height of 1819 feet above sea level. The Linganamakki dam receives water mainly from rainfall and also from the Chakra and Savahaklu reservoirs, which are linked through Linganamakki through a canal. The water from the Linganamakki dam flows through a trapezoidal canal into the Talakalale Balancing Reservoir.
The discharge capacity of this canal is around 175.56 cumecs. This channel is about 4318.40 m long with a submersion of 7.77 Kmē. Encompassing a catchment area of about 46.60 Kmē, the gross capacity of the reservoir is 129.60 cu meters. There is a large reservoir behind the dam and the discharge from the dam can be quite heavy. Many tourists also visit this spot, when the dams sluice gates are kept open. While the gates are closed upstream from Jog Falls, often nature lovers walk down into the falls ravine. The dam generates 2'27.5 MW power.
The dam was designed to hold 4368 million cubic meter of water in an area of around 300 Kmē, submerging 50.62 kmē of swamp land and 7 Kmē of arid land, with the remaining being forest land and wasteland. The dam rises to a height of 1819 feet above sea level. The Linganamakki dam receives water mainly from rainfall and also from the Chakra and Savahaklu reservoirs, which are linked through Linganamakki through a canal. The water from the Linganamakki dam flows through a trapezoidal canal into the Talakalale Balancing Reservoir.
The discharge capacity of this canal is around 175.56 cumecs. This channel is about 4318.40 m long with a submersion of 7.77 Kmē. Encompassing a catchment area of about 46.60 Kmē, the gross capacity of the reservoir is 129.60 cu meters. There is a large reservoir behind the dam and the discharge from the dam can be quite heavy. Many tourists also visit this spot, when the dams sluice gates are kept open. While the gates are closed upstream from Jog Falls, often nature lovers walk down into the falls ravine. The dam generates 2'27.5 MW power.
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