Jog Falls UPSC Notes

Centre questions environmental impact of Jog Falls project– Jog Falls in which river – state (Prelims)

 Jog Falls

 Jog Falls

• Shimoga district, Karnataka
• flow from the Sharavathi River in a Sharavathi valley
• One of the highest waterfalls in India that split into four different falls.
• 253 metres (830 ft)-Height Metre/Feet
• Cascade waterfalls-Water descends a series of rock steps.
• Sharavathi River
• Originates and flows entirely within the state of Karnataka
• One of the few westward flowing rivers