KRS Dam Souvenir

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)
  • Active capacity: 124,421,000 m³ (100,870 acre⋅ft)

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Data from: en.wikipedia.org