Jog Falls - Joga Jalapaata

Physical Description Information:
Total Height: 829 feet
Tallest Single Drop: 829 feet
Average Width: 1,550 feet
Average Volume: 5,387 cubic feet / sec.
Maximum Recorded Volume: 120,000 cubic feet / sec.
Watercourse: Sharavati River
Seasons of Best Flow: Oct-Dec
Location, Directions & Maps:
Continent: Asia
Country: India
State / Province: Karnataka
Locality: Shimoga District
Specific Location: 18 miles east of Gersoppa

The Jog falls in Karnataka are magnificent falls, set in the wild surroundings. Jog falls village is 16 km from the nearest railway station at Talguppa. Trains from Bangalore involve a change in Shimaga town. Nature here has not been disturbed for the tourist tappings i.e unneussary constructions and falling of trees. The Sharavati river crashes nearly nine hundred feet down splitting into four main channels named Raja(king), Rani(queen), rocket and roarer. The highest is the Raja (King) fall which falls 250 m below forming a 40 m deep pool. Next to it is the Roarer, while a short distance to the south is the Rocket it is called so aptly because it spurts great shafts of water out in the air, In contrast the Rani (Queen) over the rocks gracefully.

Just after the monsoon season or rainy season the falls are a magnificient and awesome sight to see. At this time, the falls are surrounded by mists. The 50 km long hirebhasgar reservior now controls the flow of the Sharavati river in order to generate hydro-electricity but inspite of this there is an vast difference between the wet and dry season flow of the waterfalls. The Mysore power corporation releases water to the falls every village has a modest population of about 13, 300.
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