| Mitti Dam | |
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| Country | India |
| Coordinates | 23°20′16″N68°49′50″E / 23.33778°N 68.83056°E |
The Mitti Dam is a concrete and earthen dam built on the Mitti River in Abdasa Taluka, Kutch District, Gujarat, India. The Mitti River is an intermittent stream [1] and provides a catchment area of 468.78 square kilometres (115,840 acres) for the reservoir. [2] The dam is located near the village of Trambau and was completed in 1983. [3] The dam is 4405 m long, [3] and has 17.40 million cubic metres (MCM) of gross storage, 2.68 MCM of dead storage, and 14.72 MCM of live storage capacity. [2]
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