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Jog
Falls
is
created
by
the Sharavati dropping
253 m
(830 ft),
making
it
the
third-highest
waterfall
in
India
after
the Nohkalikai
Falls with
a
drop
of
335 m
(1,099 ft)
in Meghalaya and
Dudhsagar
Waterfalls
with
a
drop
of
310 m
(1,020 ft)
in
Goa.
Sharavathi,
a
river
which
rises
at
Ambutirtha,
next
to
Nonabur,
in
the Thirthahalli taluk and
takes
the
northwesterly
course
by
Fatte
petta,
receives
the
Haridravati
on
the
right
below
Pattaguppe
and
the
Yenne
Hole
on
the
left
above
Barangi.
On
arriving
at
the
frontier
it
bends
to
the
west,
precipitates
itself
down
the
Falls
of
Gersoppa,
and
passes
that
village
(properly
Geru-Sappe),
which
is
some
30
kilometres
(19 mi)
distant,
discharging
into
the
Arabian
sea
at
Honnavar
in
Uttara
Kannada.
The
Sharavati,
flowing
over
a
very
rocky
bed
about
250
yards
(230 m)
wide,
here
reaches
a
tremendous
chasm,
290 m
(950 ft)
deep,
and
the
water
comes
down
in
four
distinct
falls.
The
Raja
Fall
pours
in
one
unbroken
column
sheer
to
the
depth
of
250 m
(830 ft).
Halfway
down
it
is
encountered
by
the
Roarer,
another
fall,
which
precipitates
itself
into
a
vast
cup
and
then
rushes
violently
downwards
at
an
angle
of
forty-five
degrees
to
meet
the
Raja.
A
third
fall,
the
Rocket,
shoots
downwards
in
a
series
of
jets;
while
the
fourth,
the
Rani,
moves
quietly
over
the
mountainside
in
a
sheet
of
foam.
The Tourism
Department has
built
steps
from
the
viewpoint
to
the
bottom
of
the
hill
where
the
waterfall
can
be
seen
at
the
opposite
side.
There
are
approximately
1400
steps
built
to
reach
the
bottom
of
the
hill.