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Bhakra Nangal Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Satluj River in Bhakra Village in Bilaspur district, Himachal Pradesh in northern India. The dam forms the Gobind Sagar reservoir. Nangal Dam is another dam at Nangal in Punjab downstream of Bhakra Dam. However, sometimes both the dams together are called Bhakra-Nangal Dam though they are two ...
Hirakud Dam is built across the Mahanadi River, about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from Sambalpur in the state of Odisha in India. It is the longest earthen dam in the world. Behind the dam extends a 55 km (34 mi) long lake, Hirakud Reservoir. It is one of the first major multipurpose river valley projects started after India's independence.
Kano State: Challawa Gorge Dam: 930 10,117 Water supply Gombe State: Dadin Kowa Dam: 2,800 29,000 Water supply Sokoto State: Goronyo Dam: 942 20,000 Irrigation Oyo State: Ikere Gorge Dam: 690 4,700 Hydro-electric, water supply Niger State: Jebba Dam: 3,600 35,000 Hydro-electric power Katsina State: Jibiya Dam: 142 4,000 Water supply, irrigation ...
Bhakra may refer to: Bhakra Dam or Bhakra Nangal Dam, a gravity dam in Bhakra, Himachal Pradesh and Nangal, Punjab, India on the Sutlej and Beas rivers Nangal Dam railway station, Nangal, Punjab, India; Nangal Dam–Amb Andaura Passenger, a passenger train in India; Nangal Dam–Ambala Passenger, a passenger train in India
Having a catchment area of about 62,225 km 2 and a water spread of about 52,000 hectares, its capacity is almost the same as that of the Bhakra Nangal Dam. The site is located 94 km from Surat. The dam is an earth-cum-masonry dam. Its embankment wall is 4,927 m long. Its earth dam is 105.156 meters high, whereas the masonry dam is 68.68 meters ...
The hills of Naina Devi overlook the Gobind Sagar lake, which was created by the Bhakra-Nangal Dam. Several religious stories are associated with the establishment of the temple. Bhakra Dam: Bhakra Dam is a concrete gravity dam across the Satluj River in Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh in northern India. The dam, located at a gorge near the (now ...
Map of the major rivers, lakes and reservoirs in India. This is a list of largest reservoirs in India, including all artificial lakes with a capacity greater or equal to 1,000,000 acre-feet (1.2 km 3).
Jawaharlal Nehru at Bhakra in 1953. Temples of modern India was a term coined by India's first Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru while starting the construction of the Bhakra Nangal Dam [1] to describe scientific research institutes, steel plants, power plants, dams being launched in India after independence to jumpstart scientific and industrial progress.