Dam / reservoir
Tehri Dam
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Overview
The Tehri dam stands on the Bhagirathi in Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand, and is the tallest dam in India. It is one of the large Himalayan hydropower projects, along with Bhakra and Lower Subansiri.
Tehri district is among the most landslide-exposed districts in ISRO's Landslide Atlas of India (2023).
Geography and key facts
- On the Bhagirathi, Uttarakhand
- Tallest dam in India
- Tehri district: high landslide exposure (ISRO atlas, 2023)
Why it matters for UPSC
Asked on locating the dam on a map (1999), its river (2008) and foreign credit for it (2002).
Note for UPSC
Bhagirathi, Uttarakhand; the tallest dam in India.
Prelims pairs dams and projects with their rivers and states.
Asked in PYQs
- UPSC Prelims 2002 · Q115In the year 2001, Germany approved a $32 million credit to India…
- UPSC Prelims 1999 · Q64In the given figure, the site of the Tehri dam has been labelled as…
Questions from our Prelims bank whose text names Tehri Dam.
Key facts
- Type
- Dam / reservoir
- State / UT
- Uttarakhand
- Basin
- Ganga
- River
- Bhagirathi
- Coordinates
- 30.378°N, 78.481°E
- Asked in Prelims
- 2 questions · 2002, 1999
From the Map Explorer data; positions are for orientation.
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