DRAINAGE OF INDIA
INDIAN DRAINAGE
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Krishna
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Kaveri
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Godavari
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Mahanadi
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Detailed explanation-1: -World’s largest masonry dam protected with 26 gates measuring 124.663m in height, Nagarjunasagar Dam located in Nalgonda District is built across River Krishna. The dam has a storage capacity of nearly 11, 472 million cubic meters with an irrigation capacity for 9.81 lac acres of land.
Detailed explanation-2: -Ghataprabha is a dam on the Krishna river. Tungabhadra is a dam on the Tungabhadra river.
Detailed explanation-3: -Nagarjuna Sagar Dam was built on River Krishnna. The construction commenced in 1955 and took 12 years for its completion. This place is at a distance of about 160 Kms from Hyderabad. Nagarjuna Sagar is located in Nalgonda district of Telangana, and one of the most prominent Buddhist centres in India.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Nagarjuna Sagar Project is built across river Krishna near Nagarjunakonda in Telangana.