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{{Infobox dam
|name                 = Linganamakki Dam
|name_official        = Linganamakki Reservoir
|image                =Linganamakki dam.jpg
|image_caption        = 
| coordinates        = {{coord|14.175587|74.84627|display=inline,title}}
|location             = Linganamakki, [[Sagara, India|Sagara Taluk]], [[Karnataka]]
|construction_began   =1964
|opening              = 
|cost                 =
|dam_crosses          =Sharavathi River
|dam_length           =2.74 km
|dam_width_base       =
|res_name             = [[Sharavati River|Linganamakki Reservoir]]
|res_capacity_total   =151.75 Tmcft
|res_catchment        =1991.71 km<sup>2</sup>
|res_surface          =
|dam_height           =193 ft
}}
[[File:Linganamakki dam spillway.jpg|thumb|300px|A view of the [[penstock]]s leading to the generators of the Linganamakki dam.]]

The '''Linganamakki Dam''' was constructed by the [[Government of Karnataka|Karnataka State Government]] in 1964. Located in the Linganamakki village of [[Sagara, India|Sagara]] [[taluk]], the dam has a length of {{convert|2.74|km}} stretching across the [[Sharavathi river]]. It is located about 9&amp;nbsp;km from [[Jog Falls]] on the same river.<ref name="Hydrology and Water Resources of India">{{cite book |last1=Jain |first1=Sharad K. |last2=Agarwal |first2=Pushpendra K. |last3=Singh |first3=Vijay P. |title=Hydrology and Water Resources of India |date=2007 |publisher=Springer Science &amp; Business Media |isbn=9781402051807 |page=760 |edition=Volume 57 of Water Science and Technology Library |language=English}}</ref>
It has an effective storage capacity of 4.29 cubic km or 151.52 tmc ft of water. The dam is used for generation of hydroelectricity in Sharavathi Valley Hydro Electric Project.

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{{Hydrology of Karnataka|state=expanded}}
{{Dams and reservoirs in India}}
{{Dams and Reservoirs}}
{{Shivamogga topics}}

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