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Kalingarayan Anicut

The 928th tallest dam in the world

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Kalingarayan Anicut is a barrage on the Bhavani River in Erode district, Tamil Nadu. It is located before Kooduthurai where Bhavani meets with Kaveri in Bhavani, Erode.

Dam data from Wikidata (CC0) plus curated additions. Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

More dams in India

  1. Bhakra Dam225.6 m
  2. Idukki Dam168.9 m
  3. Sardar Sarovar Dam163 m
  4. Ranjit Sagar Dam160 m
  5. Srisailam Dam145 m

Other tall dams worldwide

  1. Rogun Dam · Tajikistan335 m
  2. Shuangjiangkou Dam · China312 m
  3. Norak Dam · Tajikistan300 m
  4. Grande Dixence dam · Switzerland285 m
  5. Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam · Russia245 m
  6. Oroville Dam · United States234.7 m
  7. Bhakra Dam · India225.6 m
  8. Hoover Dam · United States221 m