Dassam Water Falls | |
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दशम जलप्रपात | |
Location | Ranchi district, Jharkhand, India |
Coordinates | 23°08′36″N85°27′59″E / 23.143358°N 85.466441°E |
Elevation | 336 metres (1,102 ft) |
Total height | 44 metres (144 ft) |
Number of drops | 2 |
Average width | d |
Watercourse | kanchi River |
The Dassam Falls (also known as Dassam Ghagh) is a waterfall located near Taimara village in Bundu police station of Ranchi district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. [1]
Dassam is a changed form of word Da:song which means in mundari language the act of pouring water. Da: means water and song means pouring or measuring. The water fall resembles like somebody is pouring water so the name was Da:song earlier but afterwards the name was changed to Dassam.
Dassam Falls is located at 23°08′36″N85°27′59″E / 23.143358°N 85.466441°E .
Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the district. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.
The Dassam Falls is a natural cascade across the Kanchi River, a tributary of the Subarnarekha River. The water falls from a height of 44 metres (144 ft). [2] The sound of water echoes all around the place. [3] Dassam Falls at one of the edges of the Ranchi plateau is one of the many scarp falls in the region. [4]
The Dassam Falls is an example of a nick point caused by rejuvenation. Knick point, also called a nick point or simply nick, represents breaks in slopes in the longitudinal profile of a river caused by rejuvenation. The break in channel gradient allows water to fall vertically giving rise to a waterfall. [5]
The water of the Dassam Falls is very clean and clear. It is natural for a tourist to be enticed to enter the water for a bath or swim but tourists are warned not to do so because of the current that is generated. There have been many cases of drowning in Dassam Falls. [6] Nine people died of drowning between 2001 and 2006. [7]
The Dassam Falls is 40 kilometres (25 mi) from Ranchi on NH 33 or Ranchi-Jamshedpur highway.
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