JOGS FALL, INDIA

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 Jog Falls[6] is a waterfall on the Sharavati river located in the Western Ghats of Sagar[7] Taluk of Shivamogga District, Karnataka, India. It is the third highest plunge waterfall in India.[8][9]It is a segmented waterfall which depends on rain and season becomes a plunge waterfall. The falls are major attractions for tourists and is ranked 36th in the list of free-falling waterfalls, 490th in the world by list of waterfalls by total height, 128th in the list of single-drop waterfalls in the World by the waterfall database.

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