Krishna Raja Sagara, also popularly known as KRS, is a lake and the dam that creates it. They are close to the settlement of Krishna Raja Sagara in the Indian State of Karnataka. The gravity dam made of surki mortar is below the confluence of river Kaveri with its tributaries Hemavati and Lakshmana Tirtha, in the district of Mandya.
Type of dam: Gravity dam
Impounds: Kaveri River
Height: 39.8 m (131 ft)
Length: 2,620 m (8,600 ft)
Creates: Krishna Raja Sagara
Total capacity: 1,368,847,000 m³ (1,109,742 acre⋅ft)
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