Dassam Falls
| Dassam Falls | |
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 Dassam Falls | |
| Location | Ranchi district, Jharkhand, India |
| Coordinates | 23°08′36″N 85°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 |
| Watercourse | Kanchi River |
The Dassam Falls (Hindi: दशम जलप्रपात) (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]
Etymology
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. Since the people there speakes munda language, till now they says Da:song
The falls
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]
Transport
The Dassam Falls is 40 kilometres (25 mi) from Ranchi on NH 33 or Ranchi-Jamshedpur highway.
External links
Ranchi travel guide from Wikivoyage
See also
References
- ↑ "Dassam Falls". Ranchi district administration. Retrieved 2010-04-24.
- ↑ "Dassam Falls". must see India. Retrieved 2010-04-24.
- ↑ "Dassam Falls". mapsofindia. Retrieved 2010-04-24.
- ↑ Physical Geography: Hydrosphere By K. Bharatdwaj. Google Books. Retrieved 2010-04-20.
- ↑ A.Z.Bukhari. "Encyclopedia of nature of geography". p. 110. Google books. Retrieved 2010-07-11.
- ↑ "Four drown at Dassam". Calcutta, India: The Telegraph, 21 March 2010. 2010-03-21. Retrieved 2010-04-24.
- ↑ "Danger warning at tourist hotspots - Death at Dasham Falls spurs statement". Calcutta, India: The Telegraph, 30 December 2006. 2006-12-30. Retrieved 2010-04-29.