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{{short description|Waterfall in Uttara Kannada, Karnataka, India}}
{{more citations needed|date=May 2020}}

{{Use dmy dates|date = May 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2020}}
{{Infobox waterfall
| name = Jog Falls
| photo = Jog Falls 05092016.jpg
| photo_caption = Jog Falls in Summer 2016
| elevation = {{Convert|488|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| type = Cataract, segmented
| height = {{Convert|253|m|ft|abbr=on}}
<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jogfalls Height|url=http://www.jogfalls.in/about.html|website=Jog Falls Official website}}</ref>
| height_longest = {{Convert|254|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| average_width = {{Convert|472|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| number_drops = 4
(Raja (king), Rani (queen), Roarer, Rocket)
<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jog Falls|url=http://www.jogfalls.in|website=Jogfalls official website}}</ref>
| average_flow = {{cvt|153|m3/s}}
| watercourse = [[Sharavati River]]
<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jogfalls|url=http://www.jogfalls.in/about.html|website=Jog Falls Official website}}</ref>
| nativename = Joga Jalapatha<br>Jogada gundi|location=[[Siddapur taluk]] and [[Sagara, Karnataka|Sagara taluk]]}}
'''Jog Falls''', is a waterfall on the Sharavati river located in the Western Ghats [[Siddapur taluk]], [[Uttara Kannada]] district, and the view point is located in [[Sagara, Karnataka|Sagara]] Taluk of [[Shimoga district]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Siddapur Tourism|url=http://uttarakannada.nic.in/Siddapurtourism.html|access-date=2021-05-14|website=uttarakannada.nic.in}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Jog Falls Location|url=http://www.jogfalls.in|website=Jogfalls official website}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Jog falls Location|url=https://shimoga.nic.in/en/tourist-place/jogfalls/|website=Shivamogga NIC}}</ref>
It is the second highest plunge waterfall in India.<ref>[http://www.walkthroughindia.com/attraction/top-10-highest-waterfalls-in-india/ Top 10 Highest Waterfalls in India]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090924004229/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/monsoon-magic-jog-falls-nature-lovers-delight/70792-26.html Monsoon magic: Jog Falls, nature lovers' delight] TRAVEL, IBN news channel, 10 August 2008</ref> It is a segmented waterfall which depends on rain and season becomes a [[Waterfall#Types|plunge waterfall]]. The falls are major attractions for [[Karnataka tourism#Water Falls and Caves|tourists]] and is ranked [https://www.worldwaterfalldatabase.com/tallest-waterfalls/free-falling?page=2 36th] in the list of free-falling waterfalls, [https://www.worldwaterfalldatabase.com/tallest-waterfalls/total-height?page=14 490th] in the world by list of waterfalls by total height, [https://www.worldwaterfalldatabase.com/tallest-waterfalls/single-drop?page=4 128th] in the list of single-drop waterfalls in the World by the waterfall database.<ref>[https://www.worldwaterfalldatabase.com/waterfall/Jog-Falls-118 Jog Falls World Waterfall Database:] World's Tallest Waterfalls</ref>

==Description==
Jog Falls is created by the [[Sharavati]] dropping {{cvt|253|m}}, making it the third-highest waterfall in India after the [[Nohkalikai Falls]] with a drop of {{cvt|335|m}} in [[Meghalaya]]<ref name=Madan>{{cite book|title=India through the ages|last=Gopal|first=Madan|year= 1990| page= 179|editor=K.S. Gautam|publisher=Publication Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India}}</ref> and Dudhsagar Waterfalls with a drop of {{cvt|310|m}} in Goa.

Sharavathi, a river which rises at Ambutirtha, next to Nonabur, in the [[Thirthahalli]] [[taluk]] and takes the northwesterly course by Fatte petta, receives the Haridravati on the right below Pattaguppe and the Yenne Hole on the left above Barangi. On arriving at the frontier it bends to the west, precipitates itself down the Falls of Gersoppa, and passes that village (properly Geru-Sappe), which is some {{convert|30|km}} distant, discharging into the Arabian sea at Honnavar in Uttara Kannada.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}

The Sharavati, flowing over a very rocky bed about {{convert|250|yard}} wide, here reaches a tremendous chasm, {{cvt|290|m }} deep, and the water comes down in four distinct falls.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}} The Raja Fall pours in one unbroken column sheer to the depth of {{cvt|830|ft|order=flip}}. Halfway down it is encountered by the Roarer, another fall, which precipitates itself into a vast cup and then rushes violently downwards at an angle of forty-five degrees to meet the Raja.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}} A third fall, the Rocket, shoots downwards in a series of jets; while the fourth, the Rani, moves quietly over the mountainside in a sheet of foam. The [[Karnataka State Tourism Development Corporation|Tourism Department]] has built steps from the viewpoint to the bottom of the hill where the waterfall can be seen at the opposite side. There are approximately 1400 steps built to reach the bottom of the hill.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jog Falls: the jewel of Sharavathi Valley |url=https://jlrexplore.com/gallery/photostories/jog-falls-the-jewel-of-sharavathi-valley |website=JLR Explore |access-date=28 August 2020}}</ref>

==Significance==
Associated with the waterfall is the nearby [[Linganamakki Dam]] across the [[Sharavati River]].<ref>[http://www.karnatakapower.com/Sharavathi.htm Karnataka Power Corporation Article] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090119135302/http://www.karnatakapower.com/Sharavathi.htm |date=19 January 2009 }}</ref> The power station has been operational since 1948 and is of 120 MW capacity, one of the largest [[hydroelectricity|hydroelectric]] stations in India at that time and a small source of electric power for Karnataka now. The power station was previously named [[Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV|Krishna Rajendra]] hydro-electric project, after the King of Mysore at that time. The name was later changed to [[Mahatma Gandhi]] Hydro-electric Project. It was served by The Hirebhaskara dam until 1960. After 1960, due to the ideas of [[Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya]], Linganmakki Dam has been used for power generation.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}

== Power ==
The hydro-electric project was conceived by the government of [[Kingdom of Mysore|Mysore]] in mid-1943. A scheme to generate 64,000 [[horsepower]] at a cost of {{INR}}358 [[lakh]] was designed.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jog Falls Hydro-Electric Project|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=D-RYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=h0wMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2292%2C96929|website=The Indian Express|access-date=12 April 2017|page=4|date=2 July 1943}}</ref> The capacity was increased subsequently and currently generates 6.7 MW of power.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}

==Transport connectivity==
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Jog Falls is situated on the borders of Shimoga and North Kanara, {{cvt|100|km}} from Shimoga city. The Western Ghats gives rise to the Sharavati river that plunges from a height of {{convert|829|feet}} in four magnificent cascades namely '''Raja, Rani, Roarer and Rocket'''. Jog Falls, being the tallest waterfalls in India is situated in the dense evergreen forests, {{cvt|16|km}} from Talguppa nearest railway station, Shimoga district, Karnataka.
* Nearest railway station (distance to the location):
** [[Talaguppa#Transport|Talaguppa]] ({{cvt|13|km|disp=sqbr}}) and [[Sagar, Karnataka|Sagara]] ({{cvt|30|km|disp=sqbr}})
**[[Honnavar]] ({{cvt|68|km|disp=sqbr}}) [[Bhatkal]] ({{cvt|90|km|disp=sqbr}}) which are on [[Mangalore]] - [[Mumbai|Bombay]] [[Konkan Railway]] route.
* Nearest bus station: [[Sagara, Karnataka#Transport|Sagara]], and Jog Falls bus stop. Nearest centre for private road transport is [[Sagara, Karnataka#Transport|Sagara]].
* Nearest airport (aerial distance to the location):
** Domestic
*** [[Hubli Airport]] (HBX): {{cvt|130|km}}
** International
*** [[Bengaluru International Airport]] (BLR): {{cvt|422|km}}
*** [[Mangalore International Airport]] (India) (formerly [[Bajpe]] Airport) (IXE): {{cvt|200|km}}
*** [[Goa Airport]] (GOI): {{cvt|264|km}}

==Gallery==
<gallery mode=packed heights="150px">
Image:Jogfalls_3.jpg|Canal Gates near Jog Falls
Image:Jog Roarer.JPG|Jog Falls in heavy monsoon weather
Image:Jog Falls Early Morning.jpg|Early Morning at Jog Falls
File:Jog Falls 2013.JPG|Jog Falls in late monsoon
</gallery>

==See also==
*[[List of waterfalls of India]]
*[[Kodachadri]]
*[[Gudavi Bird Sanctuary]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Jog Falls}}
{{Wikisource|1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Gersoppa, Falls of|Falls of Gersoppa (1911 Encyclopædia Britannica)}}
* [http://www.jogfalls.in/ Jog Falls] on jogfalls.in. Jog Management Authority. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
* [https://www.karnatakatourism.org/tour-item/jog-falls/ Jog Falls] on Karnataka Government official Website

{{Hydrology of Karnataka|state=expanded}}
{{Western Ghats}}

{{Geography of India}}
{{Shimoga topics}}

[[Category:Jog Falls| ]]
[[Category:Kingdom of Mysore]]
[[Category:Waterfalls of Karnataka]]
[[Category:Plunge waterfalls]]
[[Category:Segmented waterfalls]]
[[Category:Geography of Shimoga district]]

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