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Jog Falls
Summary
Jog Falls is a waterfall on the Sharavati river located in Siddapura taluk, Uttara Kannada District and it's view point located in Shimoga district of Karnataka, India. It is the second highest plunge waterfall in India. It is a segmented waterfall which depends on rain and season to become a plunge waterfall. The falls are major attractions for tourists and is ranked 36th in the list of free-falling waterfalls, 490th in the world by list of waterfalls by total height, 128th in the list of single-drop waterfalls in the World by the waterfall database.
Jog Falls is created by the Sharavati river dropping , making it the third-highest waterfall in India after the Nohkalikai Falls with a drop of in Meghalaya and the Dudhsagar Falls with a drop of in Goa.
Sharavathi, a river which rises at Ambutirtha, next to Nonabur, in the Thirthahalli taluk takes a northwesterly course by Fatte petta, receives the Haridravati on the right below Pattaguppe and the Yenne Hole on the left above Barangi. Then, it bends to the west, precipitates itself down the Jog Falls (aka Gersoppa Falls), and passes the village of Gersoppa (properly Geru-Sappe), which is some away, discharging into the Arabian Sea at Honnavar in Uttara Kannada.
The Sharavathi, flowing over a very rocky bed about wide, reaches a tremendous chasm, deep, and the water comes down in four distinct falls, Raja, Rani, Roarer and Rocket. The Raja Fall comes down in one unbroken column sheer to the depth of . Halfway down, it is encountered by the Roarer, which precipitates itself into a vast cup and then rushes violently downwards to meet the Raja. The Rocket shoots downwards in a series of jets. The Rani moves quietly over the mountainside in a sheet of foam. The Tourism Department has built steps from the viewpoint at the top, where the waterfall can be seen from across, to the bottom of the hill. There are approximately 1,400 steps made to reach the bottom of the hill.
Associated with the waterfall is the nearby Linganamakki Dam across the Sharavati River.
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