Yagachi River
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| Yagachi | |
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| Location | |
| Country | India |
| States | Karnataka |
| Region | Southern India |
| Origin | Chikkamagaluru district, Karnataka |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Chandradrona Mountain Range, Chikmagalur |
| • location | Karnataka, India |
| • coordinates | 13°23′13″N 75°43′05″E / 13.38688°N 75.71795°E |
| • elevation | 1,897 m (6,224 ft) |
| Mouth | Hemavati River |
• location | Gorur, Karnataka, India |
• coordinates | 12°53′41″N 76°00′01″E / 12.89472°N 76.00028°E |
• elevation | 910 m (2,990 ft) |
| Length | 60 km (37 mi) [1] |
Basin size | 1,002 km2 (387 sq mi) [2] |
| Width | |
| • maximum | 90 metres (300 ft) |
| Discharge | |
| • maximum | 25,000 cubic feet per second (710 m3/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • right | Votehole |
The Yagachi is a river in Karnataka, India. It is a major tributary of Hemavati River.[3] It rises in the Baba Budan Hill Range near the city of Chikkamagaluru, flows through Belur taluk, Hassan District. It joins the Hemavati River, near Gorur in Hassan.[4] It has a small tributary river called Votehole or Watehole. Votehole dam is built on the stream (1.51 Tmcft) near Lakkenahalli, Belur taluk, Hassan district. The dam site is 16km from Alur taluk and 12km from Belur taluk. The dam construction was completed in the year of 1984.[5][6] The length of Left bank and Right bank canal of Votehole is 10 km & 40 km respectively.
The Yagachi dam was constructed at Belur in the year of 2001.[7] The reservoir is situated at an elevation of 965 meters above MSL. The length of the Yagachi dam is 1280 meters. The maximum height above the foundation of the reservoir is 26.237 meters.
Storage capacity
[edit]Yagachi dam has a Gross Storage Capacity of 3.17 Tmcft. On 10 August 2019, the dam recorded a highest outflow of about 25,000 cusecs, due to torrential rains in Chikkamagaluru Taluk. Its catchment area extends from south of Mullayyanagiri (Bababudan Range) to Gorur dam.
In 2025, the dam achieved its FRL early, in the last week of May, due to early onset of South-west Monsoon, making it the first dam to get filled in Karnataka, that year.[8]
Beneficiaries
[edit]Yagachi, along with Votehole serves as the source of irrigation and drinking water for the cities of Belur, Chikkamagaluru, Arsikere and Hassan.
Notes
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- ↑ "River info from KSPCB" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 August 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ↑ "Drainage Morphometric Analysis of the Yagachi Watershed Area" (PDF). Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ↑ Yagachi River (Approved) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- ↑ "Gorur Dam in Hassam, Dams and Reservoirs in Hassan, Hassan Tour". www.hassanonline.in. Archived from the original on 31 July 2023. Retrieved 20 July 2026.
- ↑ Raj, Gayathri V. (9 July 2026). "Karnataka: Rain subsides in Malnad region, dams come alive as inflow increase". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 20 July 2026.
- ↑ "Less rain in Votehole Catchment". Retrieved 30 July 2023.
- ↑ "Splash & Ride: Yagachi Dam Watersports - Karnataka Tourism". karnatakatourism.org. Retrieved 20 July 2026.
- ↑ "Monsoon bring early joy to people of Hassan & Chikkamagaluru". Retrieved 26 May 2025.