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Dassam Falls Location Ranchi district, Jharkhand, India Coordinates 23°11′23″N 85°30′17″E / 23.1896000°N 85.5045900°E. Elevation 336 metres (1,102 ft) Total height 44 metres (144 ft) Number of drops 2 Watercourse Kanchi River The Dassam Falls (Hindi: दशम जलप्रपात) (also known as Dassam Ghagh) is a waterfall located near Taimara village in Bundu police station of Ranchi district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.[1]
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Etymology
Dassam means ten. Since ages and till today, whenever the waterfall is seen, ten streams of water can be seen falling. Hence, the name is given. The Mundari language is spoken in the area.[2]
The falls
The Dassam Falls is a natural cascade across the Kanchi River, a tributary of the Subarnarekha River. The water falls from a height of 44 metres (144 ft).[3] The sound of water echoes all around the place.[4] Dassam Falls at one of the edges of the Ranchi plateau is one of the many scarp falls in the region.[5]
The Dassam Falls is an example of a nick point caused by rejuvenation. Knick point, also called a nick point or simply nick, represents breaks in slopes in the longitudinal profile of a river caused by rejuvenation. The break in channel gradient allows water to fall vertically giving risie to a waterfall.[6]
The water of the Dassam Falls is very clean and clear. It is natural for a tourist to be enticed to enter the water for a bath or swim but tourists are warned not to do so because of the current that is generated.[4][7] There have been cases of drowning in Dassam Falls.[8] Nine people died of drowning between 2001 and 2006. [9]
Transport
The Dassam Falls is 40 kilometres (25 mi) from Ranchi on NH 33 or Ranchi-Jamshedpur highway.[4]
External links
See also
- List of waterfalls in India
- List of waterfalls in India by height
References
- ^ "Dassam Falls". Ranchi district administration. http://ranchi.nic.in/waterfalls.htm. Retrieved 2010-04-24.
- ^ "Waterfall Around Ranchi". http://go4indya.blogspot.com/2010/01/waterfall-around-ranchi.html. Retrieved 2010-04-25.
- ^ "Dassam Falls". must see India. http://www.mustseeindia.com/Ranchi-Dassam-Falls/attraction/13654. Retrieved 2010-04-24.
- ^ a b c "Dassam Falls". mapsofindia. http://www.mapsofindia.com/jharkhand/tourism/dassam-falls.html. Retrieved 2010-04-24.
- ^ Physical Geography: Hydrosphere By K. Bharatdwaj. Google Books. http://books.google.co.in/books?id=T1Y_Ytx9wp4C&pg=PA161&lpg=PA161&dq=hundru+falls&source=bl&ots=9rdY5mtPac&sig=nNchjTZDYWy2hxCxVK5PYiqHS6A&hl=en&ei=ME7NS5yeE4KmrQez6rFq&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CBEQ6AEwBThk#v=onepage&q=hundru%20falls&f=false. Retrieved 2010-04-20.
- ^ A.Z.Bukhari. "Encyclopedia of nature of geography". p. 110. Google books. http://books.google.co.in/books?id=Iz_m9dlXEUYC&pg=PA110&lpg=PA110&dq=Odda+Falls&source=bl&ots=UsXwsNmPfV&sig=dkkvc2yxuOEaZv2PACIqVUEfRCQ&hl=en&ei=_Mc7TI2UCo-CrAe4843KCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CCgQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=Odda%20Falls&f=false. Retrieved 2010-07-11.
- ^ "Dassam Falls". e Bharat IN. http://www.ebharat.in/travel/dassam-falls. Retrieved 2010-04-24.
- ^ "Four drown at Dassam". The Telegraph, 21 March 2010. http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100321/jsp/jharkhand/story_12242535.jsp. Retrieved 2010-04-24.
- ^ "Danger warning at tourist hotspots - Death at Dasham Falls spurs statement". The Telegraph, 30 December 2006. http://www.telegraphindia.com/1061230/asp/jamshedpur/story_7201108.asp. Retrieved 2010-04-29.
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