Dudhsagar Falls
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Overview
Dudhsagar is a tiered waterfall on the Mandovi on the Goa–Karnataka border.
It is on the Mandovi in Bhagwan Mahavir Sanctuary on the Goa–Karnataka border.
The falls are about 310 m high, and the name means sea of milk.
The Londa–Vasco railway passes across the falls on a bridge.
The falls lie on the Goa side of the border, inside the Bhagwan Mahavir Wildlife Sanctuary and Mollem National Park.
The water drops in tiers down a steep face of the Western Ghats.
It is reached by jeep through the forest in the dry months; the monsoon brings the greatest flow but limits access.
The Mandovi then flows west across Goa to the sea at Panaji.
Geography and key facts
- Mandovi
- Goa–Karnataka
- About 310 m
- Mandovi river
- Railway bridge across falls
Why it matters for UPSC
Asked on waterfalls.
Note for UPSC
Mandovi, Goa–Karnataka border.
Waterfalls are usually asked as falls–river pairs.
Asked in PYQs
No question in our Prelims bank names Dudhsagar Falls yet.
Key facts
- Type
- Waterfall
- States / UTs
- Karnataka, Goa
- Basin
- West-flowing (Western Ghats)
- River
- Mandovi
- Coordinates
- 15.313°N, 74.314°E
From the Map Explorer data; positions are for orientation.