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Kabini dam

Field	Value
name	Kabini dam
name_official	Kabini Reservoir
image	Kabini dam full view.jpg
coordinates
location	Beechanahalli village, Heggadadevanakote Taluk, Mysore district, Karnataka, India
opening	1974
dam_crosses	Kabini River
dam_length	12,927 ft.
dam_height	166 ft. above River Bed Level
res_name	Kabini Reservoir
res_capacity_total	19.52 Tmcft

Sunset over Kabini, from [[Nagarhole National Park

The Kabini dam is built on the Kabini River in Bidarahally and Beechanahally villages of Heggadadevanakote Taluk in Mysore district of Karnataka, India. The dam has a Length of 966 m and it was built in 1974. The main purpose of the dam is to provide drinking water and irrigation of 22 villages and 14 hamlets and also generate electricity. The dam also provides water to two other dams which are Sagaredoddakere and Upper Nugu Dams. It is an earthen dam with a masonry spillway on the left bank. The dam has a height of 166 ft and a length of 12927 ft. The length of the Spillway is 250 ft, and it has 4 spillway gates. The reservoir filling period is June to November and depleting period is November to May. It is a part of mini hydel power project.

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