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
Dhuandhar Falls
*Located at jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh) on river Narmada
*An example of nick point & represents rejuvanation
*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
*Represents nick point & rejuvanation
Duduma Falls
*On river Machkund, nearby Koraput district (Orissa)
*Also known as Matsya Tirth
*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
*Cascade gets its name from the famous sage Kapil, who had written ‘Sankhya Philosophy’ an advance treatise on mathematics in the Kapil ashram
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
Shivasamundram fall ;- On river Kaveri at Bangalore
Pykara fall :- On river Pykara on Nilgiri hills at Ooty
Vattaparai fall :- At Palani national park on river Pazhayar in Kanyakumari (Tamil Nadu)
Meenmutty fall
*Meenmutty literally means “where fishes are blocked” in Malyalam
*Located in Kerala
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