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The Tungabhadra Dam, also known as Pampa Sagar, is a water reservoir constructed across the Tungabhadra River in the Hosapete-Koppal confluence in Karnataka, India. It is a multipurpose dam serving irrigation, electricity generation, flood control, etc . for the state.
The Tungabhadra Dam was constructed at Hosapete in the middle of the 20th century to harness the river water, aiding the growth of agriculture and industry in the region. [4] [5] The Tungabhadra River then flows east, joining the Krishna in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana border. From here the Krishna continues east to empty into the Bay of Bengal.
The German word Talsperre (literally: valley barrier) may mean dam, but it is often used to include the associated reservoir as well. [1] The reservoirs are often separately given names ending in -see, -teich or -speicher which are the German words for "lake", "pond" and "reservoir", but in this case all may also be translated as "reservoir".
The river is given the compound name Tungabhadra from this point on. The Tungabhadra flows eastwards and merges with the Krishna River in Andhra Pradesh . It has a dam built across it at Gajanur , and a larger dam has been built across the compound Tungabhadra river at Hospet .
This is a list of dams and reservoirs that are located in the Indian state of Karnataka. [1 ... Tungabhadra Dam [12] Tungabhadra: Hospet, Vijayanagara district: 132. ...
Deutsch: Lage von Germany in Europe (-rivers -mini map) in Europa. English: Location of Germany in Europe (-rivers -mini map) in Europe. Date: 17 March 2011: Source ...
Mylavaram Dam, Mylavaram: 9.96 Penna River: 1981-82 Dowleswaram Barrage, Rajahmundry: 5.14 Godavari River: 1850 Mid Pennar Dam, Marutla village: 5 Penna River: 1980 Veligallu Dam Reservoir, Galiveedu: 4.64 Papagni River: 2008 Rajolibanda Dam, Kurnool: 4 Tungabhadra River: 1956 Gundlakamma Reservoir Project, Chinnamallavaram: 3.85 Gundlakamma ...
The reservoir with live storage capacity of 305 million cubic metres is mainly fed by Tungabhadra high level canal originating from the Tungabhadra Dam to the extent of 10 Tmcft water. [ 6 ] A 20 MW hydro electric power station is also constructed at the dam site.