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being the dominant species of fish found here. Cirrhinus reba and Labeo calbasu and other transplanted carps are also found here. However, the maintenance of the dam has been poor. In 2000, a part of the dam had to be demolished to prevent floods and save 25 villages. Water started overflowing the
332:. It was built to irrigate 6070 hectares of land and has a masonry structure of 139 m and a pair of earth dams extending to 1470 metres on either side. The reservoir has a catchment area of 4,103 km (1,584 sq mi) and can hold a volume of 68,000,000 cubic metres (2.4
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10 cu ft) of water at a full reservoir level of 731.57 m above the mean sea level. 27 species of fish, including 13 species of commercial fishes have been recorded in the reservoir with
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falls. The total length of the river is 221 km (137 mi). and the river has a catchment area of 8469 km.
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Shimsha originates at an altitude of 914 m in the
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462:Online webpage of MapsofIndia.com
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581:Online webpage of OneIndia.in
69:Physical characteristics
1847:Geography of Tumkur district
432:"River systems of Karnataka"
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126: • location
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602:"Rs 2 cr to clean Shimsha"
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322:Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV
524:Online webpage of FAO
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1700:NITK Beach
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1456:Waterfalls
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1367:Markandeya
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