INTRESTING KNOWLEDGE ABOUT WATERFALLS OF INDIA

        HERE IS A LIST OF SOME MAJOR WATERFALL OF INDIA

Sahastradhara Falls :-    Located near Dehradun, Formed by liquidification of limestone rocks

Elephanta Falls :-    Located at shillong (Meghalaya), since it looks like the face of elephant, it was named as elephanta  water fall by the britishers

Chuliya Falls :- Kota on River Chambal

Dhuandhar Falls     

 *Located at jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh) on river Narmada

 *An example of nick point & represents rejuvanation

Rajrappa Falls :- Located at the confluence of the Damodar & Bhairavi (locally called Bhera) rivers – Ramgarh (Jharkhand)

Hundru Falls     

 *On river Suvarnrekha at Ranchi (Jharkhand)

 *Represents nick point & rejuvanation

Joranda Falls :- At Shimlipal National Park of Mayurbhanj district of Orissa.

Duduma Falls     

 *On river Machkund, nearby Koraput district (Orissa)

 *Also known as Matsya Tirth

Kapildhara Falls     

 *Located in Amarkantak district of MP

 *Lies at a distance of 6 km from the Narmada Kund

 *Cascade gets its name from the famous sage Kapil, who  had written ‘Sankhya Philosophy’ an advance treatise on mathematics in the Kapil ashram

Yenna fall :- Mahabaleshwar in Maharashtra.

Dudhsagar fall :- On Mondovi river in Goa

Gokak fall :- A horseshoe shaped waterfall, located at Belgaum district of Karnataka on river Gokak

Mekedaatu fall :- At river Kaveri in Bangaluru (Karnataka)

Jog fall (Gersoppa)     

 *At river Sharavati at Maharashtra

 *On Karnataka border (Highest in India)

Shivasamundram fall ;- On river Kaveri at Bangalore

Hogenakal fall :- On river kaveri at Taminlanu.

Pykara fall :- On river Pykara on Nilgiri hills at Ooty

Vattaparai fall :- At Palani national park on river Pazhayar in Kanyakumari (Tamil Nadu)

Soochipara fall :- A 3 tiered waterfall in Wayanand district of Kerala.

Meenmutty fall     

 *Meenmutty literally means “where fishes are blocked” in Malyalam

 *Located in Kerala

Vazhachal fall :- Located on Chalakkudy river in Kerala.