Jog falls(Gerasoppa falls)
It is located in Sagara taluk,Shimoga district in the state of karnataka. It is the highest plunge waterfall in India.It is attracting many tourist accross the india and world and ranked 13th in the world by the waterfall database.
The main Water source for JF is sharavathi river.waater is dropping from the hight of 253 m (830 ft), making it the second-highest plunge waterfall in India after the nohkalikai dropping @ 335m in meghalaya state.
Details
Sharavathi, a river which rises at Ambutirtha, in the Thirthahalli taluk and takes the northwesterly course by Fatte petta, receives the Haridravati on the right below Pattaguppe and the Yenne Hole on the left above Barangi. On arriving at the frontier it bends to the west, precipitates itself down the Falls of Gersoppa, and passes that village (properly Geru-Sappe), which is some 29 kilometres (18 mi) distant, discharging into the sea at Honnavar in North Kanara.
The Sharavati, flowing over a very rocky bed about 250 yards (230 m) wide, here reaches a tremendous chasm, 290 m (960 ft) deep, and the water comes down in four distinct falls. The Raja Fall pours in one unbroken column sheer to the depth of 830 ft (250 m). Halfway down it is encountered by the Roarer, another fall, which precipitates itself into a vast cup and then rushes violently downwards at an angle of forty-five degrees to meet the Raja. A third fall, the Rocket, shoots downwards in a series of jets; while the fourth, the Rani, moves quietly over the mountain side in a sheet of foam. The Tourism Department has built steps from the viewpoint to the bottom of the hill where the waterfall can be seen at the opposite side. There are approximately 1400 steps built to reach the bottom of the hill.
Significance
This is assosiate with Linganamakki dam accross Sharavathi River and the power station has been operational since from 1948 and producing 120MW capacity and it was the the largest hydrulic power station in india but now it is a small source of electric power for Karnataka.The power station was previously named Krishna Rajendra hydro-electric project, after the King of Mysore at that time. The name was later changed to Mahatma Gandhi Hydro-electric Project. It was served by Hirebhaskara dam until 1960. After 1960, due to the ideas of Sir M. Visvesvarayya, Linganmakki Dam has been used for power generation.
It is flow as Raja, Rani, Rorar, Rocket
Way to reach JF
30 km fro Sagar
130km from Hubli,Karnataka[airport]
200km from manglore,Karnataka[airport]
246 km from goa airport
Banglore-shimoga-Sagara[Railway]
Banglore-shimoga-Sagara[Road way]
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