write a short note on bhakra nangal dam
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Tʜᴇ Bʜᴀᴋʀᴀ-Nᴀɴɢᴀʟ Dᴀᴍ ɪs ᴛʜᴇ sᴇᴄᴏɴᴅ ᴛᴀʟʟᴇsᴛ ᴅᴀᴍ ɪɴ Asɪᴀ ᴀɴᴅ ʟᴏᴄᴀᴛᴇᴅ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴏʀᴅᴇʀ ᴏғ Pᴜɴᴊᴀʙ ᴀɴᴅ Hɪᴍᴀᴄʜᴀʟ Pʀᴀᴅᴇsʜ. Iᴛ ɪs ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜᴇsᴛ sᴛʀᴀɪɢʜᴛ ɢʀᴀᴠɪᴛʏ ᴅᴀᴍ ɪɴ Iɴᴅɪᴀ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴇɪɢʜᴛ ᴏғ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ 207.26 ᴍᴇᴛᴇʀs ᴀɴᴅ ɪᴛ ʀᴜɴs ᴀᴄʀᴏss 168.35 ᴋᴍ.
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Answer:
Bhakra Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Sutlej River in Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh in northern India. The dam forms the Gobind Sagar reservoir.
Explanation:
The dam, located at a gorge near the (now submerged) upstream Bhakra village in Bilaspur district of Himachal Pradesh of height 226 m. The length of the dam (measured from the road above it) is 518.25 m and the width is 9.1 m. Its reservoir known as "Gobind Sagar" stores up to 9.34 billion cubic metres of water. The 90 km long reservoir created by the Bhakra Dam is spread over an area of 168.35 km2. In terms of quantity of water, it is the third largest reservoir in India, the first being Indira Sagar dam in Madhya Pradesh with capacity of 12.22 billion cu m and second Nagarjunasagar Dam.