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.

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