Sharavati River

Sharavati River

      river in western Karnataka (Karnātaka) state, southern India. Rising in the Western Ghats, it flows for 60 miles (100 km) in a northwesterly direction to the Arabian Sea at Honavar. About 18 miles (29 km) upriver from its mouth, the Sharavati attains a breadth of 230 feet (70 metres) before it makes a sudden 830-foot (250-metre) drop, splitting into four scenic cataracts known as Jog Falls. The Mahatma Gandhi Hydroelectric Power Station and the Sharavati Valley Project, a short distance downstream (east) of the cataract, generate much of the electricity for Karnataka state.

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