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Bhadar Dam River
Bhadar River is a river in the Saurashtra peninsula, in the Western Indian state of Gujarat. It flows south from its origin through Jasdan, then turns south-west and generally west until it empties into the Arabian Sea near Porbandar. The total catchment area of the basin is 7,094 suare kilometres 2,739 sq mi .
It is impounded by two reservoirs, Bhadar-1 reservoir with a capacity of 238,000,000 cubic metres 193,000 acre⋅ft , and downstream from that, Bhadar-2 reservoir with a capacity of 49,000,000 cubic metres 40,000 acre⋅ft.
The Bhadar is one of the major rivers of Kathiawar (Saurashtra) peninsula in Gujarat.
It originates near Vaddi in Rajkot district at an elevation of 261 m above mean sea level.
It flows through the Saurashtra region and finally confluence with Arabian sea at Naviobandar (Porbandar).
The total length of this river is 198 km. It drains about 1/7th of the area of Saurashtra.
About Bhadar Dam:
Bhadar dam is located in Rajkot and is second largest in Saurashtra region after Shetrunji dam.
Bhadar dam is on the Bhadar River in Saurashtra region in Gujarat.
Saurashtra region has received more than 100 percent of its average rainfall this year. But in the peninsular region, almost every fourth monsoon remains a deficient monsoon. Even within 11 districts of Saurashtra, spatial distribution of rainfall remains skewed, as evidenced by 12 different years in which either only Bhadar or Shetrunji dam overflowed, officers said.
In their 55-year history, the twin dams have overflowed only 22 times each. More interestingly, it is only during 16 seasons that these dams overflowed simultaneously, data available with Rajkot and Bhavnagar irrigation circles showed. The dams overflowed simultaneously for the first time in 1965. The occurrence repeated itself only five years later in 1970. But after that, it was only after seven years in 1977 that the two dams overflowed together.
The longest streak of them overflowing together, for three consecutive seasons, was recorded only in 2005, 2006 and 2007. The two consecutive seasons have been recorded only once when the dams had overflowed together in 1979 and 1980.
Built on River Bhadra
Type Composite earth cum masonry structure
Length 1708 meters
Height 59.13 meters above River Bed Level
Length of spillway 82.30
Number of gates 4
Filling period From June to November
Depletion period From November to May
Projects Bhadra dam project undertaken by National Water Management Project,
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