Jog falls

Jog Falls (also known as Gerusoppa Falls, Joga Jalapata, Jogada Gundi) is a magnificent segmented waterfall on the Sharavati river located in Karnataka state of India, created by the river plunging approximately 253 metres (830 ft) and splitting into four distinct cascades (Raja, Rani, Roarer, Rocket). The water cascade is situated in the Siddapur taluk of the Uttara Kannada district.[6] It features two primary viewpoints: The first one is British Bungalow viewpoint, located adjacent to the falls and within the same Siddapur taluk and the second is the front panoramic viewpoint located in the Kargal town of Sagara taluk in the Shivamogga district.[7][8][9] The location of the Jog Falls historically served as a physical boundary separating two distinct political territories of colonial India. The Sharavati River and the falls themselves marked the division between the Bombay Presidency (administered directly by British India, encompassing the modern Siddapur side) and the Mysore Kingdom (a Princely State under the Wodeyar dynasty, encompassing the modern Kargal side).[10][11] This geographical partition continued until the States Reorganisation Act of 1956, which led to the creation of the unified, linguistically based Mysore State (later renamed as Karnataka in 1973), thereby bringing both sides of the falls under a single state administration. Jog Falls is the second highest plunge waterfall in India.[12] It is a segmented waterfall which depends on rain and season to become a plunge waterfall. The Jog falls is major attraction for tourists and is ranked 36th in the list of free-falling waterfalls, 490th in the world by list of waterfalls by total height, 128th in the list of single-drop waterfalls in the World by the waterfall database.[13] The entire site's development and management are handled by the Jog Management Authority (JMA), it also acts as coordinator in between the Uttara Kannada and Shivamogga district administration, as well in between the Siddapur and Kargal Police.[14] JMA also collaborates with the State Tourism Department and the Forest Department.

Jog Falls is created by the Sharavati river dropping 253 m (830 ft), making it the third-highest waterfall in India after the Nohkalikai Falls with a drop of 335 m (1,099 ft) in Meghalaya[15] and the Dudhsagar Falls with a drop of 310 m (1,020 ft) in Goa.

Sharavathi, a river which rises at Ambutirtha, next to Nonabur, in the Thirthahalli taluk, Shimoga district takes a northwesterly course by Fatte petta, receives the Haridravati on the right below Pattaguppe and the Yenne Hole on the left above Barangi. Then, it bends to the west, precipitates itself down the Jog Falls (aka Gersoppa Falls), and passes the village of Gersoppa (properly Geru-Sappe), which is some 30 kilometres (19 mi) away, discharging into the Arabian Sea at Honnavar in Uttara Kannada.

The Sharavathi, flowing over a very rocky bed about 250 yards (230 m) wide, reaches a tremendous chasm, 290 m (950 ft) deep, and the water comes down in four distinct falls, Raja, Rani, Roarer and Rocket.[16] The Raja Fall comes down in one unbroken column sheer to the depth of 250 m (830 ft). Halfway down, it is encountered by the Roarer, which precipitates itself into a vast cup and then rushes violently downwards to meet the Raja. The Rocket shoots downwards in a series of jets. The Rani moves quietly over the mountainside in a sheet of foam. The Tourism Department has built steps from the viewpoint at the top, where the waterfall can be seen from across, to the bottom of the hill. There are approximately 1,400 steps made to reach the bottom of the hill.[17]

Jog Falls is created by the Sharavati river dropping 253 m (830 ft), making it the third-highest waterfall in India after the Nohkalikai Falls with a drop of 335 m (1,099 ft) in Meghalaya[15] and the Dudhsagar Falls with a drop of 310 m (1,020 ft) in Goa.

Sharavathi, a river which rises at Ambutirtha, next to Nonabur, in the Thirthahalli taluk, Shimoga district takes a northwesterly course by Fatte petta, receives the Haridravati on the right below Pattaguppe and the Yenne Hole on the left above Barangi. Then, it bends to the west, precipitates itself down the Jog Falls (aka Gersoppa Falls), and passes the village of Gersoppa (properly Geru-Sappe), which is some 30 kilometres (19 mi) away, discharging into the Arabian Sea at Honnavar in Uttara Kannada.

The Sharavathi, flowing over a very rocky bed about 250 yards (230 m) wide, reaches a tremendous chasm, 290 m (950 ft) deep, and the water comes down in four distinct falls, Raja, Rani, Roarer and Rocket.[16] The Raja Fall comes down in one unbroken column sheer to the depth of 250 m (830 ft). Halfway down, it is encountered by the Roarer, which precipitates itself into a vast cup and then rushes violently downwards to meet the Raja. The Rocket shoots downwards in a series of jets. The Rani moves quietly over the mountainside in a sheet of foam. The Tourism Department has built steps from the viewpoint at the top, where the waterfall can be seen from across, to the bottom of the hill. There are approximately 1,400 steps made to reach the bottom of the hill.[17]